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Mariya Omelicheva

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Russia, Central Asia, Georgia, Foreign Policy, Critical Geopolitics, Counter Terrorism, Human Rights, Democracy Promotion
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United We Stand (With Russia)? How Moscow’s Soft Power Shaped Views on the War

  • November 14, 2022
  • Mariya Omelicheva
The 2022 Russian war against Ukraine elicited worldwide indignation. Wealthy democratic countries levied harsh sanctions on the Russian economy and provided humanitarian and military support to Kyiv. Muted behind the…
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Influencers, Echo Chambers, and Epistemic Bubbles: Russia’s Academic Discourse in the Wake of the War in Ukraine

  • May 31, 2022
  • Mariya Omelicheva
Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine and Russian troops’ atrocities against the Ukrainian people have unleashed an outpouring of condemnation around the world. Sweeping economic sanctions imposed on Moscow have spilled over…
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Relevant Past PONARS Eurasia Policy Memos on Kazakhstan

  • January 19, 2022
  • Mariya Omelicheva
Central Asian Responses to COVID-19: Regime Legitimacy and [De]Securitization of the Health Crisis By Mariya Omelicheva and Lawrence P. Markowitz | March 1, 2021 Despite a history of using discourses of danger…
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Riots in Kazakhstan

  • January 7, 2022
  • Mariya Omelicheva
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Dinissa Duvanova, Pauline Jones, Eric McGlinchey, Yulia Nikitina, and Mariya Omelicheva provide insight into the recent, disconcerting events in Kazakhstan. GazMaidan, Crimea #2, or End of the…
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COVID-19 “Humanitarianism”: The Geopolitics of Russia’s Coronavirus Assistance

  • December 13, 2021
  • Mariya Omelicheva
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On April 1, 2021, an Antonov AN-124 Russian aircraft landed in New York City’s JFK airport with cargo of personal protective gear and medical equipment. The…
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Russia in Central Asia | PONARS Eurasia Online Academy

  • December 9, 2021
  • Mariya Omelicheva
In the latest Online Academy video, Mariya Omelicheva, professor of National Security Strategy at the National Defense University, explores Russia’s roles in Central Asia from counterrevolutionary offensives and soft power…
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Russia’s Counterterrorism Policy | PONARS Eurasia Online Academy

  • August 2, 2021
  • Mariya Omelicheva
In this Online Academy video authored by Mariya Omelicheva, professor at the National War College, National Defense University, Russia’s historical and current counterterrorism strategies are explored and explained. Topics include…
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The Current Tensions Around Donbas

  • April 28, 2021
  • Mariya Omelicheva
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) What are the different actors’ perspectives on the increased tensions? What does the revival of tensions—and their apparent current decrease—tell us about the state of security? Georgi Derluguian…
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Central Asian Responses to COVID-19: Regime Legitimacy and [De]Securitization of the Health Crisis

  • March 1, 2021
  • Mariya Omelicheva
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Despite a history of using discourses of danger to define other transnational challenges (e.g., Islamic radicalism), Central Asia’s governments have not framed the coronavirus pandemic in…
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Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield

  • October 21, 2020
  • Mariya Omelicheva
(Problems of Post-Communism) The sudden onset of COVID-19 has challenged many social scientists to proceed without a robust theoretical and empirical foundation upon which to build. Addressing this challenge, particularly…
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Designating the Russian Imperial Movement a Terrorist Organization: a Drop in the Bucket of Needed U.S. Counter-Extremism Responses

  • June 1, 2020
  • Mariya Omelicheva
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On April 6, 2020, the U.S. State Department designated the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) as a terrorist organization and placed its leaders on its list of…
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Washington’s Security Assistance to Kyiv: Improving Long-Term Returns on Military Investments in Ukraine

  • September 27, 2019
  • Mariya Omelicheva
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas in 2014, the United States has committed over $1.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine. This…
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