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  • The Russia Program at GW (IERES)

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  • The Putin-Xi Summit: What's New In Their Joint Communique ? February 23, 2022
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman speaks with Russian China experts Vita Spivak and Alexander Gabuev about the February meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, and what it may tell us about where the Russian-Chinese relationship is headed.
  • Exploring the Russian Courts' Ruling to Liquidate the Memorial Society January 28, 2022
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with scholars Kelly Smith and Benjamin Nathans about the history, achievements, and impending shutdown of the Memorial Society, Russia's oldest and most venerable civic organization, and what its imminent liquidation portends for the Russian civil society.
  • Russia's 2021 census and the Kremlin's nationalities policy [Lipman Series 2021] December 9, 2021
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with social scientist Andrey Shcherbak about the quality of the data collected in the recent population census and the goals of Vladimir Putin's government's nationalities policy
  • Active citizens of any kind are under threat [Lipman Series 2021] November 5, 2021
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Alexander Verkhovsky about the Kremlin's ever expanding toolkit against political and civic activists, journalists, and other dissidents.
  • Russia's Legislative Elections followup [Lipman Series 2021] October 4, 2021
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Tanya Lokot and Nikolay Petrov about the results of Russia’s legislative elections and about what comes next.
  • Why Is the Kremlin Nervous? [Lipman Series 2021] September 14, 2021
    In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Ben Noble and Nikolay Petrov about Russia’s September 17-19 legislative elections, repressive measures against electoral challengers, and whether to expect anything other than preordained results.
  • Vaccine Hesitancy in Russia, France, and the United States [Lipman Series 2021] August 31, 2021
    In this week's PONARS Eurasia Podcast episode, Maria Lipman chats with Denis Volkov, Naira Davlashyan, and Peter Slevin about why COVID-19 vaccination rates are still so low across the globe, comparing vaccine hesitant constituencies across Russia, France, and the United States.  
  • Is Russia Becoming More Soviet? [Lipman Series 2021] July 26, 2021
      In a new PONARS Eurasia Podcast episode, Maria Lipman chats with Maxim Trudolyubov about the current tightening of the Russian political sphere, asking whether or not it’s helpful to draw comparisons to the late Soviet period.
  • The Evolution of Russia's Political Regime [Lipman Series 2021] June 21, 2021
    In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Grigory Golosov and Henry Hale about the evolution of Russia's political regime, and what to expect in the lead-up to September's Duma elections.
  • Volodymyr Zelensky: Year Two [Lipman Series 2021] May 24, 2021
    In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Sergiy Kudelia and Georgiy Kasianov about Ukrainian President Zelensky's second year in office, and how he has handled the political turbulence of the past year.
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Between the EU and Russia: Domains of Diversity and Contestation (April 29-30)

  • April 25, 2022
  • PONARS Eurasia

We hope you will join us at our hybrid conference “Between the EU and Russia: Domains of Diversity and Contestation” held in partnership with the BEAR Network from April 29-30.

Over these two days, experts from the BEAR Network and PONARS Eurasia, as well as other invited guests, will take part in joint roundtables to discuss key research themes and policy implications related to the theme of diversity and contestation on the EU’s eastern borders and the effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Friday, April 29 – Saturday, April 30, 2022 | Online and In-Person
The Elliott School of International Affairs, 1957 E St. NW, Washington DC

View the event recording here (YouTube)
read the policy briefs here (bear network)

Agenda

Friday, April 29, 2022

9:00-9:15 am   Welcome

9:15 am-10:45 am   Panel 1: Ukrainian Society and Russia’s Full-scale Invasion
Location: Lindner Commons, Room 602
Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University
“The Crucible of Freedom: War and Democracy Support in Ukraine”
Theodore Gerber, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Childbearing, Marriage, and Daily Life in the NGCA: Insights from Focus Groups”
Uliana Movchan (virtual), Karazin Kharkiv National University
“Decentralization Reform in Ukraine and Its Consequences on Civil Response in the Face of War”
Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham University
“Gender Outcomes of the Revolution of Dignity and Russia’s War on Ukraine”

Chair: David Szakonyi, The George Washington University
Discussant: Juliet Johnson, McGill University

11:00 am-12:00 pm A Conversation with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarusian Politician

12:30 pm-2:00 pm   Lunch with Jill Dougherty, CNN, in Conversation with Maria Lipman

2:00 pm-3:30 pm   Panel 2: Russian Society and the Invasion of Ukraine
Location: Lindner Commons, Room 602
Marat Shterin, King’s College London
“Religion and the Invasion of Ukraine from the Postcolonial Perspective”
Irina Busygina (virtual), Higher School of Economics, Saint Petersburg
“Russian Universities’ Position(s) on the War”
Henry Hale, The George Washington University
“Russian Public Opinion and Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine”

Chair: Magdalena Dembińska, Université de Montréal
Discussant: Samuel Greene, King’s College London

3:30 pm-3:45 pm Coffee Break

3:45 pm-5:15 pm   Panel 3: Challenges Facing Europe
Location: Lindner Commons, Room 602
Milada Anna Vachudova, UNC Chapel Hill
“Russia’s War against Ukraine and Ukraine’s Challenge to Europe”
Maria Koinova, Warwick University
“Russia’s Invasion in Ukraine and Polarization in Eastern Europe and the Balkans”
Jean-François Ratelle, University of Ottawa
“Interpol, Russia, and the Russian-speaking Migrants in the European Union”
Mark Kramer, Harvard University
“The Persecution of Gays in Chechnya and the Implications for the EU”

Chair: Magdalena Dembińska, Université de Montréal
Discussant: Viacheslav Morozov, University of Tartu

Saturday, April 30th, 2022

9:00 am-10:30 am   Panel 4: The Baltics and Moldova: Between the EU, Russia, and War
Location: Lindner Commons, Room 602
Zsuzsa Csergő, Queen’s University and Kristina Kallas, University of Tartu
“The Impact of Russia’s War on Ukraine on Russophone Minorities in the Baltics”
Joan DeBardeleben (virtual), Carleton University
“Russian Media Depictions of EU-Russia Cross-Border Initiatives in the Baltics”
Magdalena Dembińska, Université de Montréal
“Eurasian De Facto States and the War in Ukraine”

Chair: Juliet Johnson, McGill University
Discussant: Henry Hale, The George Washington University

10:30 am-10:45 am   Coffee Break

10:45 am-12:15 pm   Panel 5: Between the EU and Russia
Location: Lindner Commons, Room 602
Luca Anceschi (virtual), University of Glasgow
“Recent Developments in Kazakhstani Multi-Vectorism”
Anar Valiyev, ADA University
“EU Soft and Russian Hard Powers in Azerbaijan: The Struggle Has Begun”
Viacheslav Morozov, University of Tartu
“Europe’s Normative Appeal, De-Stalinization and Russian Peripheral Capitalism: Towards a Renewed Research Agenda?”

Chair: Juliet Johnson, McGill University
Discussant: Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University

View the Event Recording Here (YouTube)

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