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Ora John Reuter

11 posts
Assistant Professor of Political Science; Senior Researcher
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University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Higher School of Economics, Moscow
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Russian Politics, Democratization, Elections, Political Parties, Political Economy, Regional Politics
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Is Putin’s Popularity (Still) Real? A Cautionary Note on Using List Experiments to Measure Popularity in Authoritarian Regimes

  • May 3, 2022
  • Timothy Frye, Scott Gehlbach, Kyle L. Marquardt and Ora John Reuter
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Questions about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s popularity are inextricable from discussions about Russia’s war on Ukraine. The Russian government has expended great effort selling the war…
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How Popular Is Putin, Really?

  • April 14, 2022
  • Ora John Reuter, Noah Buckley, Katerina Tertytchnaya and Kyle L. Marquardt
(Washington Post) The image of Putin’s popularity bolsters his actual popularity, our research finds. But staged perceptions of popularity can be fragile. Within days of Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine,…
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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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Getting the opposition together: protest coordination in authoritarian regimes

  • October 21, 2019
  • Ora John Reuter
(Post-Soviet Affairs | By David Armstrong, Ora John Reuter, and Graeme Robertson) Abstract: It is widely recognized that unified oppositions present a bigger threat to dictators than divided oppositions. In this paper,…
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Between Apathy and Activism: Political Participation in Russia

  • May 31, 2019
  • Ora John Reuter
Ora John Reuter (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) discusses why Russians vote in elections and why the authorities even care if people vote. REV Reuter Podcast.mp3 Episode 55
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Попытки Кремля удержать контроль над регионами: результат вызывает сомнения

  • May 16, 2017
  • Ora John Reuter
В 1990-х и начале 2000-х годов отношения между Кремлем и региональными элитами были важнейшим элементом российской политической жизни. Однако по мере рецентрализации федеральной власти с приходом Президента Путина эти отношения…
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The Origins of Dominant Parties: Building Authoritarian Institutions in Post-Soviet Russia

  • May 1, 2017
  • Ora John Reuter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Buy It Now – Link: Photo: Secondary Author: Ora John Reuter
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The Origins of Dominant Parties: Building Authoritarian Institutions in Post-Soviet Russia [NEW BOOK]

  • May 1, 2017
  • Ora John Reuter
In many autocracies, regime leaders share power with a ruling party, which can help generate popular support and reduce conflict among key elites. Such ruling parties are often called dominant…
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How Kremlin Efforts to Control the Regions May Be Backfiring

  • March 29, 2017
  • Ora John Reuter
(PONARS Policy Memo) In the 1990s and early 2000s, much of Russian politics revolved around relations between the Kremlin and regional elites. As Putin recentralized federal authority over the course of…
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