There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century

Prominent expert on Russia Fiona Hill’s There’s Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the 21st Century (2021) asserts that the United States is on the same path as modern Russia. Hill uses her life experiences to examine the issues that brought US democracy so close to the brink of ending, and she explores methods that can be used to buttress our institutions in the future.

Summary

Part 1: “The Coal House” is about Hill’s childhood and the educational trajectory that launched her career. Fiona Hill grew up in Bishop Auckland, a mining town in northeast England. Her family was working class, and they often struggled to pay the bills. Bishop Auckland, affectionately dubbed Bish, was once a center of industry. However, following World War II and the collapse of industrial labor, Bishop Auckland’s mines closed, making opportunities scarce. The great mining town of Hill’s grandparents became a byword for low social class. The only way to improve her circumstances was through education, and Hill took school very seriously, earning a place at St. Andrews, studying abroad in the USSR, and eventually getting a graduate degree at Harvard. Hill’s hard work, lucky timing, and the help of mentors allowed her

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