All Members
Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow, Government Department
Affiliation
Claremont McKenna College
Expertise
Political Economy, Post-Communist Transitions, Russian Politics, West and East European Politics
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Kent State University
Expertise
Post-Communist Political Economies, Politics of International Finance and Oil, Links between Markets and Democracy
Professor, Director of the Center for Governance and Markets, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs
Affiliation
University of Pittsburgh
Links
Expertise
Central Asia, Afghanistan, Political Economy and Development, Governance, Post-Conflict Recovery and Reconstruction, Geopolitics of Continental Eurasia
Visiting Scholar
Affiliation
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Expertise
Russia-EU Relations, Russian Politics, Russian Foreign Policy, Comparative Federalism and Regionalism
Theodore Romanoff Assistant Professor of Russian Studies; Assistant Professor of International and Area Studies
Affiliation
University of Oklahoma
Expertise
Comparative Politics, Public Opinion, Political Communication in Non-Democracies, Russian and Post-Soviet Regional Politics
Associate Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
University of Minnesota
Expertise
Political Transition and Democratization, Islam and Politics, Civil and Ethic Conflict, Clan Politics, Informal Institutions, Civil Society Development, Soviet and Post-Soviet Political Development
Associate Professor, School of International Service
Affiliation
American University
Expertise
Nationalism, State-Building, Politics of Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, Institutions, Ideology, Corruption
Professor of Social Research and Public Policy
Affiliation
New York University Abu Dhabi
Links
Expertise
Revolutions, Social Change, Ethnography, Caucasus, Russia, Nationalism, Civil Society, Religion
Associate Professor, Political Science; Chair, Global Leadership Institute
Affiliation
University of California San Diego
Expertise
Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States, Central Asia, Caucasus, Russian-Speaking World
Kenneth H. Keller Associate Professor of International Affairs, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Affiliation
Johns Hopkins University
Expertise
Politics, Violence, Genocide, Holocaust, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel
Associate Professor, Political Science
Affiliation
Northwestern University
Expertise
Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Rule of Law, Property Rights, Clientelism, Corruption
Independent Consultant
Links
Expertise
International Relations, Boundaries, Higher Education, Oral History, Middle East, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Turkey
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Queens College
Links
Expertise
Ethnic Politics, Democratization, State Building, Caucasus, Eurasia
Research Professor, Public Policy and Governance
Affiliation
Kyiv School of Economics
Expertise
Democratization, Authoritarian Regimes, Contentious Politics, Good Governance
Postdoctoral Fellow
Affiliation
Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Links
Expertise
Caspian Energy, Azerbaijan, Caucasus, Political Institutions, Public Policy, Governance of Natural Resources
Professor of Political Science and International Affairs; Co-director, Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES); Co-director, PONARS Eurasia
Affiliation
Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Expertise
Political Regimes, Ethnic Politics, Federalism, Democratization, Political Parties, Politics of Post-Soviet Countries
Eberly Family Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
West Virginia University
Links
Expertise
Political Institutions, Elections, Political Parties and Party Systems, Democratization, Ukraine
Professor of Political Science; Director of the Jean Monnet Centre Montréal
Affiliation
McGill University, Montreal
Links
Expertise
Post-Communist Financial systems, Russian and Eastern European Politics, Institutionalist Theories, Identity, International Political Economy
Research Fellow
Affiliation
International Centre for Defence and Security
Expertise
Grand Strategy, Revisionism, Territorial Autonomy, Federalism, Paradiplomacy, Russia, North Caucasus, Central Asia
Links
Head, Center for Situational Analysis; Lead Researcher, Center for Forecasting Studies
Affiliation
Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow
Links
Expertise
Russian Foreign and Domestic Policy, International Security, Military Reform, Civil-Military Relations
Assistant Professor, Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Expertise
Theory of International Relations, China, Russia, Eurasia
Adjunct Professor
Affiliation
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), The Johns Hopkins University
Expertise
Russian Foreign and Domestic Policies, Central Asia
Professor; Political Sciences Department; Director, Department Development Partnership Program
Affiliation
European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP)
Expertise
History, U.S.-Russian Relations & Policy, Education
Associate Professor, Department of Government
Affiliation
Dartmouth College
Links
Expertise
Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, North Caucasus, Russia, Ethnicity, Nationalism, Military
Professor of Regional Political Studies
Affiliation
Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia
Expertise
Russian Foreign and Security Policies, EU-Russian Relations, Foreign Policy Discourses, Regionalism and Federalism, Sport Mega events
Professor, Department of Regional and Analytical Studies
Affiliation
College of Security Affairs, National Defense University
Expertise
Violence, Mobilization and Security Institutions in Europe, Central Asia, India, and Mexico
Professor; Political Science Department
Affiliation
Barnard College, Columbia University
Links
Expertise
Military, Security, Warlordism, Conflict Resolution, Counter-Terrorism, Non-State Armed Actors
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Ostroh Academy National University, Ukraine
Expertise
Ukraine, Democratization, Institutions, Informal Politics
Professor, Faculty of Law
Affiliation
University of Tokyo
Expertise
History and Politics in Post-Socialist Countries, International Relations, Russia, Russia's Far East, Caucasus
Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government
Affiliation
George Mason University
Expertise
Central Asia, Civil Society, Islam, Comparative Politics, Central Asian Regime Change, Political Islam, Information Communication Technology
Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Case Western Reserve University
Links
Expertise
Democratization, Political Economy, Local Politics, Corruption, Political Legitimacy, Postcommunist Politics, Russia, Central Asia
Director of the EU's Eastern Neighbourhood and Russia Programme
Affiliation
Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
Expertise
Russia-EU Relations, Internal and Foreign Policy of Ukraine and Belarus
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
The George Washington University
Expertise
Nationalism, Nation- and State-building, Migration Policies, European Integration, Balkans
Associate Professor of Politics
Affiliation
New School for Social Research, New York City
Expertise
Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Property Rights, Nationalism, Ethnicity
Professor, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
Affiliation
Princeton University
Expertise
Comparative and International Political Economy, Eastern Europe, Latin America, Extremist and Populist Parties In Post-Communist Elections, Historical Legacies in East European, Regime Change
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Affiliation
University of Ottawa
Expertise
Insurgency, Caucasus, Russia, foreign fighters, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Civil Wars
Professor of Politics
Affiliation
Bates College
Links
Expertise
International Politics, Russia, Non-Governmental Organizations, Democratic Assistance, Feminist and Environmental Movements in Russia
Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Expertise
Russian Politics, Labor, Hybrid and Authoritarian Regimes, Civil Society, EU
Senior Research Fellow; Political Analyst
Affiliation
Russia Political Insight; Liberal Mission Foundation; Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy; Levada Center
Expertise
Russian Intellectual and Cultural History, Political Development, Post-Soviet History
Associate Professor; Leading Research Fellow
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics (HSE), St. Petersburg Branch
Expertise
Sociology, Qualitative Analysis, Culture, Communication, Ethnicity, New Media, Identity, Public Opinion, Russia, Political Discourses
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg branch
Expertise
Nationalism, Ethnicity, Elections and Electoral Behavior, Theory of Modernization
Independent Researcher, Central Asia/Eurasia
Affiliation
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan (formerly)
Links
Expertise
Identity, Ethnicity, Nationality, Religion, Gender, Community Organization
Visiting Fellow, Wider Europe Program
Affiliation
European Council on Foreign Relations
Expertise
Civil-Military Relations, Defense Reforms, Russian Security Sector and Domestic Politics, Evaluation and Impact Assessment
Links
Professor of Russian Politics and Acting Director of Russia Institute
Affiliation
King’s Russia Institute, King's College London
Expertise
Russia, Politics, Society, Democratization, Federalism
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Affiliation
The University of Kansas
Expertise
Comparative Politics, Media, Propaganda, Disinformation, Trust, Communist Legacies, Russia, Post-Soviet States
Links
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Affiliation
Knox College
Links
Expertise
Authoritarianism, Nationalism, Democratization, Russian and East European Politics, Research Methods, International Organizations, Comparative Politics, International Relations
Faculty Affiliate, Stanford King Center on Global Development; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI)
Affiliation
Stanford University
Expertise
Comparative State Building and Effective Governance, Political Economy of Developing Countries, Russian Domestic and International politics, Canadian Politics
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Affairs & School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; Visiting Scholar
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics; University of Helsinki
Expertise
Social Policy in Post-Soviet Countries, Institutional Change in Russia, Russian Non-Profit Organizations
Professor, Department of Russian and Slavic Studies; Co-director, NYU Center for Social Media and Politics (CSMaP)
Affiliation
Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia, New York University
Expertise
Russia, Politics, Public Opinion, Comparative Political Behavior, Elections, Post-Communist Politics, Social Media and Politics, Data Science
Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Virginia Commonwealth University
Expertise
Russia, Public Health, Demographics
Professor, Political Science and Law; Senior Research Scholar
Affiliation
Columbia University
Expertise
China, Central Asia, Energy, Environment, Migration, Public Health
Professor of International Relations; Politics Fellow
Affiliation
Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK
Expertise
East-West Relations, Historical Sociology and IR, Modernity and Sovereignty, Rising and Declining Powers, Turkish Politics, International History of Eurasia