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David Szakonyi

12 posts
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George Washington University
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Political Economy, Business-Government Relations, Post-Soviet Politics, Corruption, Authoritarianism, Clientelism
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Russia may be about to invade Ukraine. Russians don’t want it to.

  • February 13, 2022
  • Henry Hale, Ora John Reuter, Bryn Rosenfeld, David Szakonyi and Katerina Tertytchnaya
(Washington Post/Monkey Cage) The White House just warned that there is a “distinct possibility” that Russia will invade Ukraine in a “very swift time frame.” More than 100,000 Russian troops are now massed near…
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Electoral Manipulation and Regime Support: Survey Evidence from Russia

  • March 15, 2021
  • Ora John Reuter and David Szakonyi
Does electoral fraud stabilize authoritarian rule or undermine it? The answer to this question rests in part on how voters evaluate regime candidates who engage in fraud. Using a survey…
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Politics for Profit: Business, Elections, and Policymaking in Russia

  • September 4, 2020
  • David Szakonyi
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Buy It Now – Link: Photo: Secondary Author: David Szakonyi
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New Book! Politics for Profit: Business, Elections, and Policymaking in Russia

  • August 25, 2020
  • David Szakonyi
(Cambridge University Press) Businesspeople run for and win elected office around the world, with roughly one-third of members of parliament and numerous heads of states coming directly from the private sector.…
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Banking on Politics: How Russia’s Banking Sector Clean-Up Affects Regime Stability

  • May 15, 2019
  • David Szakonyi
(Point & Counterpoint) Through all the gloom of Russia’s stagnating economy, one bright spot has been the prudent macroeconomic policy coming from the Central Bank. Under the leadership of Elvira Nabiullina,…
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Banking on Politics: How Russia’s Banking Sector Clean-Up Affects Regime Stability

  • May 13, 2019
  • David Szakonyi
Banking has increasingly become nationalized in Russia, raising concerns that all private banks may be forced from the market within 10 or 15 years. In the short run, this consolidation enables the government to continue funding its numerous and expensive commitments and thereby maintain social and political stability. David Szakonyi discusses the political consequences of this creeping nationalization of the Russian banking sector and warns that they may be less auspicious in the longer term.
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Buyer Beware: Evaluating Russian Exports Under Sanctions and Stagnation

  • March 29, 2019
  • David Szakonyi
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The use of sanctions to push Russia to change its foreign policy behavior has come under heated debate. Proponents argue that the sanctions policy pursued by the…
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Regime Stability and Elite Corruption in Putin’s Russia

  • March 6, 2018
  • David Szakonyi
David Szakonyi (George Washington University) discusses the resilience of Russia’s authoritarian model under economic and political pressures. David Szakonyi Podcast (Audio Only).mp3 Episode 2
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Szakonyi: By ignoring the mandate to impose new Russia sanctions, the Trump administration is goading Congress

  • February 6, 2018
  • David Szakonyi
(Russia Matters) This week’s highly anticipated news on additional Russia sanctions landed with a thud. For weeks, both Moscow and Washington had been astir about the impending steps the Trump…
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Подъем монополий: Процесс укрупнения в российской экономике

  • December 4, 2017
  • David Szakonyi
За последнее десятилетие в российской экономике произошел отчетливый поворот к монополизации и ренационализации. Государство продолжает агрессивно вмешиваться в рыночные процессы, принимая новые правила, расширяя свою долю ВВП и в конечном…
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