Judyth Twigg

A New Wave of Research on Civilizational Politics

(Moscow Times) Russia’s signature Sputnik V (for “Victory”) Covid-19 vaccine has been enmeshed in controversy from the moment of its launch. Western analysts have questioned Sputnik V’s safety, efficacy, and most…

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Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield

October 21, 2020
Marlene Laruelle, Mikhail Alexseev, Cynthia J. Buckley, Ralph S. Clem, Mikhail Troitskiy, Paul Goode, Ivan Gomza, Henry Hale, Erik Herron, Andrey Makarychev, Madeline McCann, Mariya Omelicheva, Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, Regina Smyth, Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Joshua Tucker, Judyth Twigg and Elizabeth Wishnick

(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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Trump and Putin’s Pandemic Duet: Trump’s America Is Far More out of Tune

(CSIS) What do Texas and Sverdlovsk have in common? Remarkably, quite a bit. They’re both large, diverse, economically vital areas of their countries just emerging from a completely avoidable second wave…

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Russia Approved a COVID Vaccine. Will It be Available in America?

(FiveThirtyEight) Russia is the first country to approve a vaccine for COVID-19 — reportedly by speeding through multiple steps in the testing process. Judy Twigg, a political scientist from Virginia…

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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…

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Russia’s Health Care System and the Covid-19 Pandemic

(RAD) This issue of the RAD focuses on Russia and the Covid-19 Pandemic. First, Judy Twigg analyzes the challenge the coronavirus pandemic poses to Russia. The author contends that Russia’s approach…

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Russia’s Not Ready for Coronavirus

(CFR/Think Global Health) ussia is surrounded by COVID-19. As of March 6, at least nine of its 16 neighboring countries have reported cases, and it shares a 4,300-km land border with…

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Russia’s Avoidable Epidemic of HIV/AIDS

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) After first exploding among people who inject drugs in the late 1990s, HIV/AIDS now presents a serious public health and social challenge in Russia. The threat…

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HIV/AIDS in Russia

Judy Twigg (Virginia Commonwealth University) discusses the strategies the Russian government is pursuing to address the accelerating HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russia and why the situation should be of concern to the…

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Hope and Momentum in Ukraine

(P&P blogs) It has become commonplace to talk about nearing the "finish line" on polio eradication, but critical challenges remain along the last mile. Courageous vaccinators confront a varied array…

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