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Big Lessons About the Global Economy Emerge at ASEEES

What can post-communist Europe teach us about the global economy? A lot, as revealed by research presented at the recent annual ASEEES conference in Chicago. First, businesspeople who win elected office do…

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Russian Studies is Thriving at ASEEES

Timothy Frye’s assertion last month in The National Interest that Russian studies are thriving, not dying was soundly confirmed at the annual ASEEES conference this past weekend. More than 3,000 area…

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Tips from the Experts: Bridging the Scholarship-Policy Divide

How can scholars make significant contributions to policy making? Reflecting on a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York to strengthen regional studies training at U.S. universities, Indiana University’s Russian…

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Reality Has But One Side

(U.S. News & World Report) – Political polarization over the Russia hack undermines America's readiness to respond to an ongoing threat. – News about potential Donald Trump administration ties to Russia continues to leak,…

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Production of new highly enriched uranium in Russia for the FRM-II in Germany

(IPFM blog) (Co-authored with A. Glaser) The Forschungsreaktor München II (FRM-II) has been using Russian-origin highly enriched uranium (HEU) for many years. It has now become clear that since 2012 Russia…

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How today’s despots and kleptocrats hide their stolen wealth

(WP) (Co-authored with J. Sharman) On Oct. 27, the vice president and heir apparent to the tiny oil-rich West African state of Equatorial Guinea was convicted in a Paris court…

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Study: U.S. Sanctions Hurting Russians’ Support for US, not Kremlin

Are American sanctions hurting support for Putin? New political science research suggests the answer is no. This study was presented at the 2017 convention of the main association for specialists…

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Economic Sanctions and Public Opinion: Evidence From Russia

Economic sanctions have become an increasingly important tool of statecraft, but there is still much debate on whether and how they work. Supporters argue that sanctions can help raise the…

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Россия берет реванш: внешние угрозы и реакции режима

После распада Советского Союза Россия развивается в атмосфере американского господства и стремления США распространять демократию по всему миру. Могли ли эти условия вызвать у России ощущение исходящей от Запада угрозы и, как…

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Could Election Fraud Backfire on the Kremlin in 2018?

Would massive fraud in Russia’s upcoming presidential election generate a backlash against the Kremlin, or would the population simply accept it as normal behavior by a regime they support? A…

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От расцвета к упадку: недовольство, мобилизация и российский социальный контракт

Способность российской системы поддерживать макрополитическую стабильность перед лицом серьезных и длительных экономических трудностей на микроуровне напрямую зависит от особого типа разобщенности, существующей между гражданами России и их государством (1). Россияне,…

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Why Russia’s War Against Ukraine May Never End

(Atlantic Council) (Co-authored with J. Larsen) Russian President Vladimir Putin recently requested a UN peacekeeping mission for eastern Ukraine. While at home this looks like a peace overture, Putin is not motivated by…

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Commentary | Комментарии

Big Lessons About the Global Economy Emerge at ASEEES

Russian Studies is Thriving at ASEEES

Tips from the Experts: Bridging the Scholarship-Policy Divide

Reality Has But One Side

Production of new highly enriched uranium in Russia for the FRM-II in Germany

How today’s despots and kleptocrats hide their stolen wealth

Study: U.S. Sanctions Hurting Russians’ Support for US, not Kremlin

Economic Sanctions and Public Opinion: Evidence From Russia

Россия берет реванш: внешние угрозы и реакции режима

Could Election Fraud Backfire on the Kremlin in 2018?

От расцвета к упадку: недовольство, мобилизация и российский социальный контракт

Why Russia’s War Against Ukraine May Never End