Core Members
Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Rowan University
Links
Expertise
State Failure, Social Movements, Russia, Central Asia
Associate Professor, Department of International Business
Affiliation
University of South Carolina
Expertise
Political Economy and Risk, Non-Market Strategies, Economic Development, Property Rights, Corporate Governance, Stakeholder Engagement
Senior Research Fellow
Affiliation
Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
Expertise
EU Eastern Neighborhood, Russian Policy in the Post-Soviet Space, Domestic and Foreign Policies of Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Affiliation
University of Ottawa
Expertise
Insurgency, Caucasus, Russia, foreign fighters, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Civil Wars
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
Professor of Government
Affiliation
Wesleyan University
Expertise
Contemporary Russian Politics and Political Economy, Nationalism
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
Director, Russia Matters Project; Assistant Director, U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
Affiliation
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
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Expertise
Russia, International Relations, International Security, Space Security, Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Military Intervention, Nuclear Programs & Terrorism
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Expertise
Immigration, Nationalism, Informal Politics and Administration, Russia, Kazakhstan
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg branch
Expertise
Nationalism, Ethnicity, Elections and Electoral Behavior, Theory of Modernization
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
Postdoctoral Fellow, Walsh School of Foreign Service; Fellow, Illiberalism Studies Program
Affiliation
Georgetown University; George Washington University
Links
Expertise
Democratic Backsliding, Populist Actors (in East Central Europe), Russian Domestic and Foreign Policy, Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
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
Professor
Affiliation
The University of British Columbia
Expertise
Climate and Environmental Politics, Comparative Politics, Democratic Theory and Practice, Europe, Gender in Politics, International Relations, International Organizations
Assistant Professor; Co-founder, Anti-Corruption Data Collective; Associate Director, PONARS Eurasia
Affiliation
The George Washington University
Expertise
Political Economy, Business-Government Relations, Post-Soviet Politics, Corruption, Authoritarianism, Clientelism
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
Vice Rector, International Relations Department
Affiliation
St. Petersburg State University
Expertise
EU, Economics, Russian Foreign policy, International Political Economy
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
University of Notre Dame
Expertise
Comparative and International Political Economy, Post-Soviet Transitions (Russia in particular), Food and Agricultural Systems
Visiting Professor
Affiliation
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Links
Expertise
Nationalism, Diversity and Inequality, Russian Federation, Research Design and Methodology
Assistant Professor
Affiliation
University of Michigan
Expertise
International Security, Political Communication, Insurgency/Counterinsurgency, Policy Diffusion, Civil-Military Relations, Civil Conflict, Russian and Eurasian Politics