Ukraine’s Unnamed War: Before the Russian Invasion of 2022
NEW BOOK | The Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has its roots in the events of 2013–2014. Russia cynically termed the seditionist conflict in Crimea and Eastern Donbas a…
A Rock and a Hard Place: The Russian Opposition in a Time of War | New Voices on Eurasia with Jeremy Ladd (April 11)
The latest in the New Voices on Eurasia Series, introducing the DC policy community to the best “up and coming” scholars on Eurasia. A Rock and A Hard Place: The…
Russia’s Regional Governors: Backing the War, Upholding the Status Quo
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Experts have been actively discussing the Russian domestic factors that could influence the course of the war. Considering the country’s territorial size and diversity, the stability of…
Opinion | Why Do Russians Still Want to Fight?
From the perspective of a Russian soldier, the war in Ukraine must look nightmarish. In over a year of combat, nearly 200,000 Russian troops have been killed or wounded, according to American…
The Russia Program at GW (IERES)
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put an end to the conventional ways of studying and understanding Russia. The Russia Program at GW is responding to contemporary challenges of studying Russia…
The Evolving Concerns of Russians after the Invasion | New Voices on Eurasia with Sasha de Vogel (March 9)
The latest in the New Voices on Eurasia Series, introducing the DC policy community to the best “up and coming” scholars on Eurasia. The Evolving Concerns of Russians after the…
PONARS Eurasia Spring Policy Conference (March 3)
Thank you for joining us! See the event videos on YouTube. The annual PONARS Eurasia Spring Policy Conference convenes international experts from North America, Russia, Ukraine, and other parts of Eurasia for a series of panel…
Ukrainathon 2023 (Feb. 24-25)
Thank you for joining us! See the event recordings on YouTube. A 24-hour marathon event spotlighting Ukrainian resilience through scholarship, art, and activism one year since Russia’s invasion. The Institute…
How Putin has shrugged off unprecedented economic sanctions over Russia’s war in Ukraine – for now
The U.S. and four dozen other countries have imposed punishing sanctions on Russia in reaction to its invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. The sanctions were unprecedented in their scope and severity for an economy…
The Determinants of Assistance to Ukrainian and Syrian Refugees | New Voices on Eurasia with Volha Charnysh (Feb. 16)
The latest in the New Voices on Eurasia Series, introducing the DC policy community to the best “up and coming” scholars on Eurasia. The Determinants of Assistance to Ukrainian and…
Why Still Pro-Russia? Making Sense of Hungary’s and Serbia’s Pro-Russia Stance
(Henry Jackson Society) In this report, Professor Dr. Marlene Laruelle and Dr. Helena Ivanov investigate the level and underlying causes of pro-Russian sentiment in Serbia and Hungary. Both countries have…
The Desire to Possess: Russia’s War for Territory
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) We know (or think we know) what rationales lie behind Russian lies and propaganda about the “fight against Nazism in Ukraine” or the “existential threat to Russia…