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Şener Aktürk
Website | + posts
Professor, Department of International Relations

Affiliation

Koç University, Istanbul

Links

Personal Website (Bio)

Expertise

Comparative Politics, Ethnic Politics, Institutions, Nationalism, Religion, Germany, Russia, Turkey
  • Şener Aktürk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sener-akturk/
    Sino-Soviet Split Redux under President Trump?
  • Şener Aktürk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sener-akturk/
    Five Faces of Russia’s Soft Power: Far Left, Far Right, Orthodox Christian, Russophone, and Ethnoreligious Networks
Eiki Berg
Website | + posts
Professor of International Relations

Affiliation

University of Tartu, Estonia

Links

University of Tartu (Bio)

Expertise

Critical Geopolitics, Sovereignty and Territoriality Issues, Secessionist Conflicts, De Facto States in Eurasia
  • Eiki Berg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/eiki-berg/
    Why the International Community Should Be More Accommodating to De Facto States
  • Eiki Berg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/eiki-berg/
    Diaspora Politics on Abkhazia: Involved in Half Capacity
  • Eiki Berg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/eiki-berg/
    Can European Brakes Slow Down Russia’s Drive in Secessionist Conflicts?
  • Eiki Berg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/eiki-berg/
    When There Is a State? The Politics of Recognition and Kosovo
Samuel Charap
Website | + posts
Senior Political Scientist

Affiliation

RAND Corporation, Washington Office

Links

RAND Corporation (Bio)

Expertise

Political Economy and Foreign Policies of Russia and Former Soviet States, European and Eurasian Regional Security, Deterrence, Strategic Stability, Arms Control
  • Samuel Charap
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/samuel-charap/
    Expanding the Scope for Statecraft in U.S. Russia Policy
  • Samuel Charap
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/samuel-charap/
    Russia's Military Interventions: Patterns, Drivers, and Signposts
  • Samuel Charap
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/samuel-charap/
    Ukraine’s Best Chance for Peace
Alexander Cooley
Associate Member | Website | + posts
Claire Tow Professor of Political Science and Director of the Harriman Institute for the Study of Russia, Eurasia and Eastern Europe

Affiliation

Barnard College, Columbia University

Links

Columbia University (Bio)

Expertise

International Relations of Eurasia, Central Asian Politics, Sovereignty, Governance
  • Alexander Cooley
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexander-cooley/
    The Cold War, Post-Cold War, and the Academy: Policy Recommendations from an Oral History of Russian and Eurasian Studies
  • Alexander Cooley
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexander-cooley/
    The Illiberal Tide: Why the International Order Is Tilting Toward Autocracy
Stephen Crowley
Website | + posts
Professor and Chair, Department of Politics

Affiliation

Oberlin College

Links

Oberlin College (Bio)

Expertise

Politics, Russian and East European Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Stephen Crowley
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/stephen-crowley/
    Russia’s Truckers and the Path from Economic to Political Protest
  • Stephen Crowley
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/stephen-crowley/
    Global Cities Versus Russian Rustbelt Realities
  • Stephen Crowley
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/stephen-crowley/
    Who’s to Blame? Sanctions, Economic Hardship, and Putin’s Fear of Color Revolutions
Dinissa Duvanova
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations

Affiliation

Lehigh University

Links

Lehigh University (Bio)

Expertise

Political Economy, Business-State Relations, Interest Groups, East-Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia, Digitally-Enabled Forms of Political Participation
  • Dinissa Duvanova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/dinissa-duvanova/
    How Autocracies Build Regulatory States
  • Dinissa Duvanova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/dinissa-duvanova/
    Riots in Kazakhstan
  • Dinissa Duvanova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/dinissa-duvanova/
    Outsourcing Violence: Provocateurs and Power Struggles in Kazakhstan, January 2022
Shairbek Dzhuraev
Website | + posts
Co-founder and President; Associate Research Fellow

Affiliation

Crossroads Central Asia; OSCE Academy in Bishkek

Links

Crossroads Central Asia (Bio)

Expertise

Development in Post-Soviet Central Asia, Comparative Politics, Central Asia Water and Energy Issues
  • Shairbek Dzhuraev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/shairbek-juraev/
    The Current Hostilities between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: Commentary by Dzhuraev, McGlinchey, Markowitz, and Schatz
  • Shairbek Dzhuraev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/shairbek-juraev/
    What Drives Border Conflicts in Central Asia? Roots of the Deadly Violence on the Kyrgyz-Tajik Border
  • Shairbek Dzhuraev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/shairbek-juraev/
    Russia’s Erosion in Central Asia
Emil Dzhuraev
Website | + posts
Teaching Fellow; Political Scientist

Affiliation

OSCE Academy in Bishkek; Crossroads Central Asia

Links

Crossroads Central Asia (Bio)

Expertise

Political Institutions and Processes, Central Asian Politics
  • Emil Dzhuraev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/emil-dzhuraev/
    Transition Plans Gone Awry: Is the Downfall of Atambayev an Argument for Democracy?
  • Emil Dzhuraev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/emil-dzhuraev/
    To Justify, Demonize, Normalize: Putin’s Language of War and Central Asian Neutrality
  • Emil Dzhuraev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/emil-dzhuraev/
    ‘Foreign Agent’ Laws in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan Show Pitfalls of Turning Local Governance Issues into Geopolitical Battles
  • Emil Dzhuraev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/emil-dzhuraev/
    Misconceptions about Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia and Their Impact on Policy
Scott Gehlbach
Website | + posts
Elise and Jack Lipsey Professor, Department of Political Science and Harris School of Public Policy

Affiliation

University of Chicago

Links

University of Chicago (Bio)

Expertise

Autocracy, Historical Political Economy Political Connections, Economic Reform
  • Scott Gehlbach
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/scott-gehlbach/
    Is Putin’s Popularity (Still) Real? A Cautionary Note on Using List Experiments to Measure Popularity in Authoritarian Regimes
Elise Giuliano
Website | + posts
Lecturer in Discipline, Political Science

Affiliation

Columbia University

Links

Columbia University (Bio)

Expertise

Russia, Ethnic Nationalism, Islam, Political Mobilization in Russia
  • Elise Giuliano
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/elise-giuliano/
    They All Are Doing Badly: Ukrainians Opinions About Governance During the Pandemic
Serghei Golunov
Website | + posts
Lead Researcher, Peace and Conflict Studies

Affiliation

Institute of World Economy & International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow

Links

IMEMO (Bio)

Expertise

Security, Migration, Higher Education, EU, Borders
  • Serghei Golunov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/serghei-golunov/
    The Perennial Partnership: The Global Economic Crisis and Russian-Kazakh Relations
Dmitry Gorenburg
Website | + posts
Center Associate; Senior Research Scientist

Affiliation

Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University; CNA

Links

Davis Center, Harvard University (Bio)

Expertise

Political Science, Russian Military, Eurasian Security Issues, Russian Politics, Ethnic Identity and Conflict
  • Dmitry Gorenburg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/dmitry-gorenburg/
    Circumstances Have Changed Since 1991, but Russia’s Core Foreign Policy Goals Have Not
  • Dmitry Gorenburg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/dmitry-gorenburg/
    Russia’s Strategy in Southeast Asia
  • Dmitry Gorenburg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/dmitry-gorenburg/
    Russia’s Foreign Military Basing Strategy
Samuel Greene
Website | + posts
Director, Democratic Resilience Program; Professor of Russian Politics

Affiliation

Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA); King's College London

Links

Center for European Policy Analysis (Bio); King's College London (Bio)

Expertise

Relationships of Power in Russia, Authoritarianism, Protest, Mobilization, Social-Economic-Political Transformation
  • Samuel Greene
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/samuel-greene/
    The Informational Dictator’s Dilemma: Citizen Responses to Media Censorship and Control in Russia and Belarus
Stephen Hanson
Website | + posts
Vice Provost for International Affairs; Director of the Reves Center for International Studies

Affiliation

College of William & Mary

Links

College of William & Mary (Bio)

Expertise

Ideology, Elections, Political Science, Sociology
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Cole Harvey
Website | + posts
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Affiliation

Oklahoma State University

Links

Oklahoma State University (Bio); Personal Website (Bio)

Expertise

Non-Democratic Politics, Electoral Manipulation, Post-Communist Politics, Protest
  • Cole Harvey
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/cole-harvey/
    The Risk of Protest Won’t Stop Election Manipulation: Implications for Democracy Assistance
  • Cole Harvey
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/cole-harvey/
    Survey Data from Republic of Georgia Highlights Risks of Polarization Ahead of 2024 Election
Laura Henry
Website | + posts
Professor of Government and Acting Chair of Russian Department

Affiliation

Bowdoin College

Links

Bowdoin College (Bio)

Expertise

Russian Politics, Eastern Europe, Environmental Politics, Social Movements, Civil Society, BRICS, Arctic, Environmental and Climate Politics, Indigenous Rights
  • Laura Henry
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/laura-henry/
    Russia’s Climate Policy: International Bargaining and Domestic Modernisation
  • Laura Henry
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/laura-henry/
    The UNFCCC: Climates for NGO Mediation in China and Russia
  • Laura Henry
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/laura-henry/
    Cloudy Forecast for the Climate: Russia’s Climate Policy in a Time of War
  • Laura Henry
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/laura-henry/
    Exodus: Russian Repression and Social “Movement”
Yoshiko Herrera
Website | + posts
Professor of Political Science

Affiliation

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Links

University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bio)

Expertise

Comparative Politics, Identity, Institutional Change, Post-Socialist Economic Transitions, Nationalism, Regionalism, Security
  • Yoshiko Herrera
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/yoshiko-herrera/
    Similarities Stain the Kremlin’s Warfare on Chechens and Ukrainians
Edward Holland
Website | + posts
Assistant Professor of Geography

Affiliation

University of Arkansas

Links

University of Arkansas (Bio)

Expertise

National Minorities, Religion, Political violence, Russia, Caucasus
  • Edward Holland
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/edward-holland/
    The Kremlin’s New Man in Dagestan: Corruption Supplants Security as Moscow’s Chief Concern
  • Edward Holland
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/edward-holland/
    Leadership Change and Protests in Russia’s Kalmykia: Moscow’s Corruptive Meddling and Its Discontents
Alexander Iskandaryan
Website | + posts
Founding Director, Caucasus Institute

Affiliation

Caucasus Institute, Armenia

Links

Caucasus Institute (Bio)

Expertise

Ethnopolitical Conflicts, Post-Communist Transformations, Post-Soviet Institutions, Elites and Identities, Media Development, Migration, Sovereignty, Governance
  • Alexander Iskandaryan
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexander-iskandaryan/
    The Implications of Redrawing the Chechnya-Ingushetia Border
  • Alexander Iskandaryan
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexander-iskandaryan/
    Post-Revolution Armenia: New Generation, Old Problems
  • Alexander Iskandaryan
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexander-iskandaryan/
    The Epoch of Regional Powers: Why Russia Lost and Turkey Won in Nagorno-Karabakh
  • Alexander Iskandaryan
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexander-iskandaryan/
    How the War in Ukraine is Reformatting the Post-Soviet Space
Debra Javeline
Website | + posts
Associate Professor of Political Science

Affiliation

University of Notre Dame

Links

University of Notre Dame (Bio)

Expertise

Russia, Institutions, Public Health, Climate Change, Mass Political Behavior, Survey Research
  • Debra Javeline
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/debra-javeline/
    The Most Important Topic Political Scientists Are Not Studying: Adapting to Climate Change
  • Debra Javeline
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/debra-javeline/
    After Violence: Russia's Beslan School Massacre and the Peace that Followed
Barbara Junisbai
Website | + posts
Associate Professor of Organizational Studies

Affiliation

Pitzer College

Links

Pitzer College (Bio)

Expertise

Comparative Political Organizations and Institutions, Authoritarianism, Democratization, Post-Soviet Politics and Society
  • Barbara Junisbai
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/barbara-junisbai/
    Institutional Trust in Kazakhstan versus Kyrgyzstan: How Divergent Trajectories Matter
  • Barbara Junisbai
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/barbara-junisbai/
    Relevant Past PONARS Eurasia Policy Memos on Kazakhstan
  • Barbara Junisbai
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/barbara-junisbai/
    Outsourcing Violence: Provocateurs and Power Struggles in Kazakhstan, January 2022
Kornely Kakachia
Website | + posts
Director; Professor of Political Science

Affiliation

Georgian Institute of Politics; Tbilisi State University

Links

Georgian Institute of Politics (Bio)

Expertise

Caucasus, Russia, Turkey, EU, Security, Politics
  • Kornely Kakachia
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/kornely-kakachia/
    Can the EU’s new global strategy make a difference? Strengthening resilience in the Eastern Partnership countries
  • Kornely Kakachia
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/kornely-kakachia/
    Georgia’s Foreign Policy in the 21st Century: Challenges for a Small State
  • Kornely Kakachia
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/kornely-kakachia/
    Creeping Finlandization or Prudent Foreign Policy? Georgia’s Strategic Challenges amid the Ukrainian Crisis
  • Kornely Kakachia
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/kornely-kakachia/
    Georgia’s Crossroad after Crossroad: Paths of Risk and Resilience
Alla Kassianova
Website | + posts
Research Scholar

Affiliation

Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Links

Stanford University (Bio)

Expertise

Russia, Ideology, Nationalism, Technology, Russian Defense and Industrial Complex
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Ekaterina Koldunova
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of Asian and African Studies; Senior Expert, ASEAN Centre

Affiliation

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Links

MGIMO (Bio)

Expertise

International Relations in Asia, Security in the Asia-Pacific Region, Regional Transformations in Asia, Russian Foreign Policy in East Asia
    This author does not have any more posts.
Andrej Krickovic
Website | + posts
Assistant Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Affiliation

Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Links

Higher School of Economics (Bio)

Expertise

Theory of International Relations, China, Russia, Eurasia
  • Andrej Krickovic
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/andrej-krickovic/
    Russia’s Challenge: A Declining Power’s Quest for Status
  • Andrej Krickovic
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/andrej-krickovic/
    From “Greater Europe” to “Greater Eurasia”: Status concerns and the evolution of Russia’s approach to alignment and regional integration
Sergiy Kudelia
Website | + posts
Associate Professor of Political Science

Affiliation

Baylor University

Links

Baylor University (Bio)

Expertise

Ukraine, Institutions, Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Political Science, Historical Institutionalism, Post-Socialist Societies
  • Sergiy Kudelia
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sergiy-kudelia/
    Rally around “Ze!” Flag: Ballots as Pitchforks in Ukraine’s Parliamentary Race
  • Sergiy Kudelia
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sergiy-kudelia/
    Veto on Peace/Veto on War: President Zelensky’s Donbas Imbroglio
  • Sergiy Kudelia
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sergiy-kudelia/
    The Current Tensions Around Donbas
  • Sergiy Kudelia
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sergiy-kudelia/
    Putin’s Occupation Options for Ukraine: Keep or Trade?
Bidzina Lebanidze
+ posts
Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer; Senior Analyst; Associate Professor

Affiliation

Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Georgian Institute of Politics; Ilia State University

Links

Georgian Institute of Politics (Bio)

Expertise

Theories of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Global Governance
  • Bidzina Lebanidze
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/bidzina-lebanidze/
    Can the EU’s new global strategy make a difference? Strengthening resilience in the Eastern Partnership countries
  • Bidzina Lebanidze
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/bidzina-lebanidze/
    Georgia’s Crossroad after Crossroad: Paths of Risk and Resilience
  • Bidzina Lebanidze
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/bidzina-lebanidze/
    Tbilisi’s Transactional Foreign Policy Leads Georgians Astray
  • Bidzina Lebanidze
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/bidzina-lebanidze/
    The Gen Z Effect: A Portrait of the Younger Generation Fighting for Georgia's European Future
Danielle Lussier
Website | + posts
Associate Professor of Political Science

Affiliation

Grinnell College

Links

Grinnell College (Bio)

Expertise

Democratization, Public Opinion, Political Participation, Russian Regional Politics, Religion and Politics, Geography of Post-Communist Eurasia and Indonesia
  • Danielle Lussier
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/danielle-lussier/
    The Political Participation that Enables Putin
  • Danielle Lussier
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/danielle-lussier/
    Shifting Political Thresholds among the Russian Public
Erica Marat
Website | + posts
Professor, Department of Regional and Analytical Studies

Affiliation

College of Security Affairs, National Defense University

Links

National Defense University (Bio)

Expertise

Violence, Mobilization and Security Institutions in Europe, Central Asia, India, and Mexico
  • Erica Marat
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/erica-marat/
    Chinese Artificial Intelligence Projects Expand in Eurasian Cities
  • Erica Marat
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/erica-marat/
    Video Surveillance and COVID-19 in Eurasia
  • Erica Marat
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/erica-marat/
    China’s Expanding Military Education Diplomacy in Central Asia
  • Erica Marat
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/erica-marat/
    Time to Question Russia’s Imperial Innocence
Stanislav Markus
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of International Business

Affiliation

University of South Carolina

Links

University of South Carolina (Bio)

Expertise

Political Economy and Risk, Non-Market Strategies, Economic Development, Property Rights, Corporate Governance, Stakeholder Engagement
  • Stanislav Markus
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/stanislav-markus/
    Meet Russia’s oligarchs, a group of men who won’t be toppling Putin anytime soon
Sergei Medvedev
Website | + posts
Professor, Department of Political Science

Affiliation

Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow

Links

Higher School of Economics (Bio)

Expertise

History, Politics, Institutions, Russia
  • Sergei Medvedev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sergei-medvedev/
    The State and the Human Body in Putin’s Russia: The Biopolitics of Authoritarian Revanche
Yulia Nikitina
Website | + posts
Associate Professor of World Politics and Research Fellow at the Center for Post-Soviet Studies

Affiliation

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Links

MGIMO (Bio)

Expertise

Russian and Eurasian Security Politics in Eurasia, Russian Regional Organizations
  • Yulia Nikitina
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/yulia-nikitina/
    Riots in Kazakhstan
Ryhor Nizhnikau
Website | + posts
Senior Research Fellow

Affiliation

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)

Links

Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) (Bio)

Expertise

EU Eastern Neighborhood, Russian Policy in the Post-Soviet Space, Domestic and Foreign Policies of Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine
  • Ryhor Nizhnikau
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/ryhor-nizhnikau/
    A Partnership Not in the Making: Ukrainian-Belarusian Relations After the Euromaidan
  • Ryhor Nizhnikau
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/ryhor-nizhnikau/
    Forever Together? Relations Between Moscow and Minsk After the Belarusian Revolution of 2020
  • Ryhor Nizhnikau
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/ryhor-nizhnikau/
    Russia’s War and Belarus’s Ravaged Sovereignty
  • Ryhor Nizhnikau
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/ryhor-nizhnikau/
    A Window of Opportunity by Default: Will Moldova Use It?
Sebastien Peyrouse
Website | + posts
Research Professor

Affiliation

Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), The George Washington University

Links

The George Washington University (Bio)

Expertise

Central Asia, Religion, Domestic Issues, Relations to China and South Asia
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sebastien-peyrouse/
    The Health of the Nation—the Wealth of the Homeland! Turkmenistan’s Potemkin Healthcare System
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sebastien-peyrouse/
    On the (Belt &) Road to Failure? The Challenges of China’s Soft Power Policy in Central Asia (and Beyond)
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sebastien-peyrouse/
    Stuck between underinvestment, government authoritarianism and corruption: The healthcare system in Tajikistan and the risks for the population
  • Sebastien Peyrouse
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sebastien-peyrouse/
    Soft Power in Central Asia: The Politics of Influence and Seduction
Elizabeth Plantan
Website | + posts
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Stetson University
Links
Personal Website (Bio)
Expertise
Comparative Politics, Comparative Foreign Policy, Authoritarianism, Environmental Politics, State-Society Relations, Civil Society and Philanthropy, Russia, China
  • Elizabeth Plantan
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/elizabeth-plantan/
    Is There More Hope or More Fear Among Russia’s Exiled Activists After the August 2024 Prisoner Swap?
Scott Radnitz
Website | + posts
Herbert J. Ellison Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies, Jackson School of International Studies

Affiliation

University of Washington

Links

University of Washington (Bio)

Expertise

Politics, Social Mobilization, Authoritarianism, Identity, State Building, Central Asia, Caucasus
  • Scott Radnitz
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/scott-radnitz/
    Post-Succession Scenarios in Central Asia
  • Scott Radnitz
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/scott-radnitz/
    The Real or Imagined Infiltration of Fifth Columns in the Post-Soviet Region
  • Scott Radnitz
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/scott-radnitz/
    Revealing Schemes: The Politics of Conspiracy in Russia and the Post-Soviet Region
  • Scott Radnitz
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/scott-radnitz/
    Revealing schemes: The politics of conspiracy in Russia and the post-Soviet region
Sean Roberts
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Director of the International Development Studies Program

Affiliation

The George Washington University

Links

The George Washington University (Bio)

Expertise

Development, Media, Culture and Politics, Indigenous Rights, Central Asia, former Soviet Union, Uyghurs, China
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Simon Saradzhyan
Website | + posts
Director, Russia Matters Project; Assistant Director, U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism

Affiliation

Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University

Links

Harvard University (Bio)

Expertise

Russia, International Relations, International Security, Space Security, Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Military Intervention, Nuclear Programs & Terrorism
  • Simon Saradzhyan
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/simon-saradzhyan/
    Why Russia Is Unlikely to Use Zapad-2021 to Intervene Militarily in European Countries
  • Simon Saradzhyan
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/simon-saradzhyan/
    In Russia’s Nuclear Messaging to West and Ukraine, Putin Plays Both Bad and Good Cop
Edward Schatz
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Affiliation

University of Toronto

Links

University of Toronto (Bio)

Expertise

Central Asia, Civil Society, Islam, Comparative Politics
  • Edward Schatz
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/edward-schatz/
    The Current Hostilities between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan: Commentary by Dzhuraev, McGlinchey, Markowitz, and Schatz
Caress Schenk
Website | + posts
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Affiliation

Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

Links

Nazarbayev University (Bio)

Expertise

Immigration, Nationalism, Informal Politics and Administration, Russia, Kazakhstan
  • Caress Schenk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/caress-schenk/
    Racializing Central Asia during the Russian-Ukrainian War: Migration Flows and Ethnic Hierarchies
  • Caress Schenk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/caress-schenk/
    Local Responses to Russian Migration in Georgia and Kazakhstan
Andrei Semenov
Website | + posts
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations
Affiliation
Nazarbayev University
Expertise
Comparative Politics, New Institutionalism, Political Institutions, Political Participation, Social Movements, Contentious Politics, Public Spheres
  • Andrei Semenov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/andrei-semenov/
    Taming the Leviathan: How Russians Learn to Counter the State
  • Andrei Semenov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/andrei-semenov/
    Team Navalny and the Dynamics of Coercion: The Kremlin’s Reaction to Aleksei Navalny’s 2018 Presidential Campaign
  • Andrei Semenov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/andrei-semenov/
    Organizational Resilience: Russian Civil Society in the Times of COVID-19
  • Andrei Semenov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/andrei-semenov/
    This Time is Different (Again): The Political Consequences of the Economic Crisis in Russia
Sarah Wilson Sokhey
Website | + posts
Associate Professor

Affiliation

University of Colorado Boulder

Links

University of Colorado Boulder (Bio)

Expertise

Business-State Relations, Comparative Politics, Economic Reform, Pension Reform, Social Policy, Central Asia, Russia
  • Sarah Wilson Sokhey
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sarah-wilson-sokhey/
    Social Policy in Putin’s (Last?) Term
  • Sarah Wilson Sokhey
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sarah-wilson-sokhey/
    Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield
  • Sarah Wilson Sokhey
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sarah-wilson-sokhey/
    COVID-19 in Russia: What Russians Expected, What They Got, and What They Think About It
  • Sarah Wilson Sokhey
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sarah-wilson-sokhey/
    Illiberalism and Public Opinion Junctures in Russia’s War on Ukraine
Ekaterina Stepanova
Website | + posts
Lead Researcher, Department of International Politics; Head, Peace and Conflict Studies

Affiliation

Institute of World Economy & International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow

Links

Personal Website (Bio)

Expertise

Armed Conflicts, Insurgencies, Terrorism, Violent Networks, Political Economy of Conflicts, Violence and Ideology, Peacebuilding
  • Ekaterina Stepanova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/ekaterina-stepanova/
    Russia and the Afghan Peace Process
  • Ekaterina Stepanova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/ekaterina-stepanova/
    ISIS and the Phenomenon of Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Syria and Iraq
  • Ekaterina Stepanova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/ekaterina-stepanova/
    Russia’s Approach to Afghanistan Following the Taliban Takeover
Adam Stulberg
Website | + posts
Sam Nunn Professor and Chair in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs

Affiliation

Georgia Institute of Technology

Expertise

Defense Transformation, Emerging Technology & International Security, Geopolitics of Energy, Illicit Nuclear Trafficking, International Security Policy, Nuclear & Nonproliferation

Links

Georgia Institute of Technology (Bio)
  • Adam Stulberg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/adam-stulberg/
    Russia’s Response to Sanctions: Reciprocal, Asymmetrical, or Orthogonal?
  • Adam Stulberg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/adam-stulberg/
    Turning Rivals into Frenemies: Shifting U.S.-Russian Trajectories at the Nexus of Global Nuclear Commerce and Nonproliferation
  • Adam Stulberg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/adam-stulberg/
    Statecraft in U.S.-Russia Relations: Meaning, Dilemmas, and Significance
  • Adam Stulberg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/adam-stulberg/
    Sanctions & War: Contending Western-Russian Approaches and Prospects for Strategic Stability
David Szakonyi
Website | + posts
Assistant Professor; Co-founder, Anti-Corruption Data Collective; Associate Director, PONARS Eurasia

Affiliation

The George Washington University

Links

Personal Website (Bio); George Washington University (Bio)

Expertise

Political Economy, Business-Government Relations, Post-Soviet Politics, Corruption, Authoritarianism, Clientelism
  • David Szakonyi
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/david-szakonyi/
    Buyer Beware: Evaluating Russian Exports Under Sanctions and Stagnation
  • David Szakonyi
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/david-szakonyi/
    Electoral Manipulation and Regime Support: Survey Evidence from Russia
  • David Szakonyi
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/david-szakonyi/
    Russia may be about to invade Ukraine. Russians don’t want it to.
Brian Taylor
Website | + posts
Professor, Political Science; Director, Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs

Affiliation

Syracuse University

Links

Syracuse University (Bio)

Expertise

Russia, Politics, Military, Law Enforcement, Security Studies
  • Brian Taylor
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/brian-taylor/
    Putin’s Fourth Term: The Phantom Breakthrough
  • Brian Taylor
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/brian-taylor/
    Putin’s Rules of the Game: The Pitfalls of Russia’s New Constitution
  • Brian Taylor
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/brian-taylor/
    Roundtable on Gulnaz Sharafutdinova’s The Red Mirror
Stanislav Tkachenko
Website | + posts
Vice Rector, International Relations Department

Affiliation

St. Petersburg State University

Links

St. Petersburg State University (Bio)

Expertise

EU, Economics, Russian Foreign policy, International Political Economy
    This author does not have any more posts.
Alexei Trochev
+ posts
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations

Affiliation

Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan

Links

Nazarbayev University (Bio)

Expertise

Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, International Law, Post-Communist Judicial Politics, Crime
  • Alexei Trochev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexei-trochev/
    How Punitive Are Russians? Insights From a National Survey on Law Enforcement in Russia
Anar Valiyev
Website | + posts
Dean and Associate Professor, School of Public and International Affairs

Affiliation

ADA University, Baku

Links

ADA University (Bio)

Expertise

Public Policy of Post-Soviet Republics, Democracy and Governance, Urban Development and Planning
  • Anar Valiyev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/anar-valiyev/
    U.S. Disengagement from the South Caucasus: The Throne Is Never Vacant
  • Anar Valiyev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/anar-valiyev/
    Azerbaijan Through the Prism of BRI: China’s Mounting Interests and Influence in the Region
  • Anar Valiyev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/anar-valiyev/
    COVID-19 and Azerbaijan: Is the System Resilient Enough to Withstand the Perfect Storm?
  • Anar Valiyev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/anar-valiyev/
    Karabakh After the 44-Day War: Russian Peacekeepers and Patterns
Susanne Wengle
Website | + posts
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science

Affiliation

University of Notre Dame

Links

University of Notre Dame (Bio)

Expertise

Comparative and International Political Economy, Post-Soviet Transitions (Russia in particular), Food and Agricultural Systems
  • Susanne Wengle
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/susanne-wengle/
    Black Earth, White Bread: A Technopolitical History of Russian Agriculture and Food
  • Susanne Wengle
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/susanne-wengle/
    Russia’s War on Ukrainian Farms
  • Susanne Wengle
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/susanne-wengle/
    Black Sea Blackmail: Ukrainian Food Exports in War Conditions
  • Susanne Wengle
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/susanne-wengle/
    Russian Politics Today: Stability and Fragility
Elizabeth Wishnick
Website | + posts
Professor, Political Science and Law; Senior Research Scholar

Affiliation

Columbia University

Links

Columbia University (Bio); Personal Website (Bio)

Expertise

China, Central Asia, Energy, Environment, Migration, Public Health
  • Elizabeth Wishnick
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/elizabeth-wishnick/
    Putin and Xi: Ice Cream Buddies and Tandem Strongmen
  • Elizabeth Wishnick
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/elizabeth-wishnick/
    Masked Diplomacy: Xi and Putin Seek Advantage and Cover from the Pandemic
  • Elizabeth Wishnick
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/elizabeth-wishnick/
    Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield
  • Elizabeth Wishnick
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/elizabeth-wishnick/
    China and Russia: Vaccine Competitors or Partners?
Alexandra Yatsyk
Website | + posts
Non-residential Future Russia Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis

Affiliation

Researcher, University of Lille, France | CEPA

Links

University of Tartu (Bio)

Expertise

Eastern Europe, Russia, biopolitics, illiberalism, nation-building, mega-events
  • Alexandra Yatsyk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexandra-yatsyk/
    Pro-Russian Parties in Georgia’s 2016 Parliamentary Election: A Growing Footprint?
  • Alexandra Yatsyk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexandra-yatsyk/
    To Hack Abroad and Ban at Home: The Kremlin’s Cyber Activism
  • Alexandra Yatsyk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexandra-yatsyk/
    Russia as a Bogeyman in Poland’s 2019 Domestic Political Wars
  • Alexandra Yatsyk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexandra-yatsyk/
    “From Russia With Love”: The Kremlin’s COVID-19 Charm Offensive
Sufian Zhemukhov
Website | + posts
Associate Research Professor

Affiliation

Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Links

The George Washington University (Bio); Personal Website (Bio)

Expertise

Ethnic Politics, Politics of Post-Soviet Countries, Nationalism, Islam, and Conflict Resolution
  • Sufian Zhemukhov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sufian-zhemukhov/
    The Kabardino-Balkaria Insurgency: A Comparative Analysis of Ideological Trends in the North Caucasus
  • Sufian Zhemukhov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sufian-zhemukhov/
    Abkhazia and South Ossetia: Second-Order Effects of the Russia-Ukraine War
Yuri Zhukov
Website | + posts
Assistant Professor

Affiliation

University of Michigan

Links

University of Michigan (Bio)

Expertise

International Security, Political Communication, Insurgency/Counterinsurgency, Policy Diffusion, Civil-Military Relations, Civil Conflict, Russian and Eurasian Politics
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