Recommended

U.S.–Russia Relations: Quest for Stability – Content Guide

(CARNEGIE CORPORATION OF NEW YORK) This website is an extensive online resource for educators, students, researchers, and engaged citizens to examine the complex history and current challenges of U.S.–Russia relations,…

View

Ukraine’s healthcare system is in critical condition again

(Atlantic Council) On July 23, Ukraine’s Constitutional Court will hear arguments challenging the landmark 2017 legislation that overhauled the country’s healthcare system. It’s the latest salvo in an ongoing war pitting…

View

Crisis in Russia Deepens and Spreads, but Putin Remains in Denial

(EDM) Every country in the world is experiencing its own particular version of the ongoing global health-and-economic crisis, and Russia faces a particularly complex one, aggravated by outstanding and escalating mismanagement.…

View

Podcast: News Media in Russia and China with Repnikova and Trudolyubov

In this week’s episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Maria Repnikova (Georgia State University) and Maxim Trudolyubov (Meduza) to learn more about the state of news…

View

Smyth: With prizes, food, housing, and cash, Putin rigged Russia’s most recent vote

(Palm Beach Post) When Russians voted in early July on 200 constitutional amendments, officials rigged the election to create the illusion that President Vladimir Putin remains a popular and powerful leader…

View

Making Sense of Russia’s Illiberalism

(Journal of Democracy) Russia’s support for illiberal movements in Europe has received wide attention. Yet this promotion of illiberalism should not be seen as merely a cynical political ploy by the…

View

The Arrest of Ivan Safronov

(RMR blog) I was recently a guest on Kevin Rothrock’s Naked Pravda podcast on Meduza.io, talking about the role of military journalism in Russia and the potential impact of the arrest…

View

Russian Media Influence in Central Asia: Easy to Imagine, Difficult to Find

(NYU Jordan Center) U.S. observers and policymakers have often seen Russian-origin media as responsible for influencing the opinions and worldviews of Russia’s post-Soviet neighbors. However, our analysis of surveys in Central…

View

Wave of Post-Plebiscite Repressions Makes Russia More Dangerous

(EDM) Russian President Vladimir Putin’s political “triumph” in securing approval for the set of amendments to the constitution in a public vote on July 1 (see EDM, July 2) has brought neither…

View

Petrov: “They are telling local elites that… they can arrest anyone”

(NYTimes) After leaving Russia’s regional leaders to take much of the responsibility and heat for battling the coronavirus pandemic, the Kremlin has sent a blunt message to recently empowered local…

View

Gone with the virus. How the pandemic makes Russian strategy evanescent

(NEE) The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in three major blows to the Kremlin’s international strategy, thus making it adjust to much less favourable circumstances than when Vladimir Putin annexed Crimea and…

View

Land for peace: can territorial adjustments bring about recognition of self-determination claims?

(Territory, Politics, Governance) Abstract: De facto states represent an anomalous sovereign condition. Their parent states are unable to regain control over the territory that de facto states possess, while the de…

Contacts

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Knowledge Hub

Misconceptions about Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia and Their Impact on Policy

Five Years into the War, Ukraine Is Showing Grittiness, Rebounding Confidence in War Fortunes

Russia’s Wartime Internet: A Contested Space with the Regime Still Predominant

Why Georgians Need to Take Hungarian Lessons

The ‘Don’t Lose Lukashenko’ Approach: Kyiv’s (Non-) Strategic Ambiguity Toward the Belarusian Opposition

PONARS Eurasia Podcast

Recommended | Рекомендуем

U.S.–Russia Relations: Quest for Stability – Content Guide

Ukraine’s healthcare system is in critical condition again

Crisis in Russia Deepens and Spreads, but Putin Remains in Denial

Podcast: News Media in Russia and China with Repnikova and Trudolyubov

Smyth: With prizes, food, housing, and cash, Putin rigged Russia’s most recent vote

Making Sense of Russia’s Illiberalism

The Arrest of Ivan Safronov

Russian Media Influence in Central Asia: Easy to Imagine, Difficult to Find

Wave of Post-Plebiscite Repressions Makes Russia More Dangerous

Petrov: “They are telling local elites that… they can arrest anyone”

Gone with the virus. How the pandemic makes Russian strategy evanescent

Land for peace: can territorial adjustments bring about recognition of self-determination claims?