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  • The Putin-Xi Summit: What's New In Their Joint Communique ? February 23, 2022
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman speaks with Russian China experts Vita Spivak and Alexander Gabuev about the February meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, and what it may tell us about where the Russian-Chinese relationship is headed.
  • Exploring the Russian Courts' Ruling to Liquidate the Memorial Society January 28, 2022
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with scholars Kelly Smith and Benjamin Nathans about the history, achievements, and impending shutdown of the Memorial Society, Russia's oldest and most venerable civic organization, and what its imminent liquidation portends for the Russian civil society.
  • Russia's 2021 census and the Kremlin's nationalities policy [Lipman Series 2021] December 9, 2021
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with social scientist Andrey Shcherbak about the quality of the data collected in the recent population census and the goals of Vladimir Putin's government's nationalities policy
  • Active citizens of any kind are under threat [Lipman Series 2021] November 5, 2021
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Alexander Verkhovsky about the Kremlin's ever expanding toolkit against political and civic activists, journalists, and other dissidents.
  • Russia's Legislative Elections followup [Lipman Series 2021] October 4, 2021
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Tanya Lokot and Nikolay Petrov about the results of Russia’s legislative elections and about what comes next.
  • Why Is the Kremlin Nervous? [Lipman Series 2021] September 14, 2021
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Ben Noble and Nikolay Petrov about Russia’s September 17-19 legislative elections, repressive measures against electoral challengers, and whether to expect anything other than preordained results.
  • Vaccine Hesitancy in Russia, France, and the United States [Lipman Series 2021] August 31, 2021
    In this week's PONARS Eurasia Podcast episode, Maria Lipman chats with Denis Volkov, Naira Davlashyan, and Peter Slevin about why COVID-19 vaccination rates are still so low across the globe, comparing vaccine hesitant constituencies across Russia, France, and the United States.  
  • Is Russia Becoming More Soviet? [Lipman Series 2021] July 26, 2021
      In a new PONARS Eurasia Podcast episode, Maria Lipman chats with Maxim Trudolyubov about the current tightening of the Russian political sphere, asking whether or not it’s helpful to draw comparisons to the late Soviet period.
  • The Evolution of Russia's Political Regime [Lipman Series 2021] June 21, 2021
    In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Grigory Golosov and Henry Hale about the evolution of Russia's political regime, and what to expect in the lead-up to September's Duma elections.
  • Volodymyr Zelensky: Year Two [Lipman Series 2021] May 24, 2021
    In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Sergiy Kudelia and Georgiy Kasianov about Ukrainian President Zelensky's second year in office, and how he has handled the political turbulence of the past year.
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Sean Roberts
Sean Roberts
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Director of the International Development Studies Program

Affiliation

The George Washington University

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The George Washington University (Bio)

Expertise

Development, Media, Culture and Politics, Indigenous Rights, Central Asia, former Soviet Union, Uyghurs, China
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Mikhail Rykhtik
Mikhail Rykhtik
Website | + posts
Professor, Head of the Department of Political Theory

Affiliation

Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Links

State University of Nizhny Novgorod

Expertise

U.S.-Russian Relations, Security Studies, Institutions, Ethnopolitical Conflicts
    This author does not have any more posts.
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
John Schoeberlein
John Schoeberlein
Website | + posts
Independent Researcher, Central Asia/Eurasia

Affiliation

Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan (formerly)

Links

Academia (Bio)

Expertise

Identity, Ethnicity, Nationality, Religion, Gender, Community Organization
    This author does not have any more posts.
Nona Shahnazarian
Website | + posts
Research Fellow

Affiliation

Institute for Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia

Links

Institute for Archaeology and Ethnography, Armenia

Expertise

Ethnographic Method, Economic Anthropology, Gender Studies, Russia, Caucasus, Migration
  • Nona Shahnazarian
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/nona-shahnazarian/
    Goodbye “Sashik-Fifty Percent”: Anti-Corruption Trends in the New Armenia
  • Nona Shahnazarian
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/nona-shahnazarian/
    Nagorno-Karabakh between Turkey’s Scylla and Russia’s Charybdis
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
Website | + posts
Professor of Russian Politics and Acting Director of Russia Institute

Affiliation

King’s Russia Institute, King's College London

Links

King's College London (Bio)

Expertise

Russia, Politics, Society, Democratization, Federalism
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/gulnaz-sharafutdinova/
    Russia’s Struggle Over the Meaning of the 1990s and the Keys to Kremlin Power
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/gulnaz-sharafutdinova/
    The Russian Power Vertical and the COVID-19 Challenge: The Trajectories of Regional Responses
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/gulnaz-sharafutdinova/
    Digital Technologies and Authoritarian Regimes: A Case of Pothole Management in Moscow
  • Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/gulnaz-sharafutdinova/
    Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield
Oxana Shevel
Oxana Shevel
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Affiliation

Tufts University

Links

Tufts University (Bio)

Expertise

Russia, Ukraine, Migration, Refugees, State-Building, Citizenship, International Institutions, Democratization
  • Oxana Shevel
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/oxana-shevel/
    The Politics of Dual Citizenship in Post-Soviet States: Securing Political Goals Through Citizenship Rules
Nikolai Sokov
Nikolai Sokov
Website | + posts
Senior Fellow

Affiliation

Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non‑Proliferation, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Links

Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non‑Proliferation (Bio)

Expertise

Russian-U.S. Relations, Nuclear Command and Control, Communications and Intelligence, Missile Systems, Kosovo, NATO
  • Nikolai Sokov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/nikolai-sokov/
    The Elusive Russian Nuclear Threshold
  • Nikolai Sokov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/nikolai-sokov/
    The U.S. withdrawal from the Open Skies Treaty
Konstantin Sonin
Website | + posts
John Dewey Distinguished Service Professor

Affiliation

Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago

Links

University of Chicago (Bio)

Expertise

Political Economics, Development, Economic Theory, Russia, Property Rights
  • Konstantin Sonin
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/konstantin-sonin/
    Russia’s Road to Economic Ruin
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
Kathryn Stoner
Kathryn Stoner
Website | + posts
Faculty Affiliate, Stanford King Center on Global Development; Senior Fellow, Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI)

Affiliation

Stanford University

Links

Stanford University (Bio)

Expertise

Comparative State Building and Effective Governance, Political Economy of Developing Countries, Russian Domestic and International politics, Canadian Politics
  • Kathryn Stoner
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/kathryn-stoner/
    How Much Should We Worry About a Resurrected Russia? More Than You Might Think
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
Oleksandr Sushko
Oleksandr Sushko
Website | + posts
Executive Director

Affiliation

International Renaissance Foundation (Kyiv)

Links

International Renaissance Foundation

Expertise

Ukraine, EU, NATO, Security
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Brian Taylor
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
Alexei Trochev
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
Judyth Twigg
Website | + posts
Professor, Department of Political Science

Affiliation

Virginia Commonwealth University

Links

Virginia Commonwealth University (Bio)

Expertise

Russia, Public Health, Demographics
  • Judyth Twigg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/judyth-twigg/
    Russia’s Avoidable Epidemic of HIV/AIDS
  • Judyth Twigg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/judyth-twigg/
    Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield
Anar Valiyev
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
Lucan Way
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Affiliation

University of Toronto

Links

University of Toronto (Bio)

Expertise

Politics, Government, Ukraine, Democratic Transitions, Hybrid and Competitive Authoritarianism
  • Lucan Way
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/lucan-way/
    Six Reasons to be Cautious about The Likelihood of Opposition Success in Ukraine
  • Lucan Way
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/lucan-way/
    Why Ukraine’s Yanukovych Fell... Though Many Predicted He Wouldn't
  • Lucan Way
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/lucan-way/
    Putin's Move: The Collapse of Ukraine's Faustian Bargain
  • Lucan Way
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/lucan-way/
    Russian Foreign Election Interventions Since 1991
Elizabeth Wishnick
Elizabeth Wishnick
Website | + posts
Professor, Political Science and Law; Senior Research Scholar

Affiliation

Montclair State University; Columbia University

Links

Montclair State 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?
Şuhnaz Yilmaz
Suhnaz Yilmaz
Website | + posts
Professor of International Relations, Dean of College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Director of Graduate School of Business

Affiliation

Koç University, Istanbul

Links

Koç University (Bio)

Expertise

International Relations and Strategy, International Affairs of Eurasia and the Middle East, Foreign Policy Analysis, Energy and Natural Resource Politics, Sustainable Development, Turkish Foreign Policy, International Conflict and Cooperation, European Security and Foreign Policy
  • Suhnaz Yilmaz
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/suhnaz-yilmaz/
    To Tango With the Bear: Turkey-Russia Relations ın a Turbulent Regıon
Ayse Zarakol
Website | + posts
Professor of International Relations; Politics Fellow

Affiliation

Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, UK

Links

University of Cambridge (Bio); Personal Website (Bio)

Expertise

East-West Relations, Historical Sociology and IR, Modernity and Sovereignty, Rising and Declining Powers, Turkish Politics, International History of Eurasia
  • Ayse Zarakol
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/ayse-zarakol/
    Before the West: The Rise and Fall of Eastern World Orders | NEW BOOK
Sufian Zhemukhov
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
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