Back to Square One
(Moscow-on-Thames) The dust hasn’t yet settled, but we can draw some early conclusions from today’s protests in Russia. In a nutshell, the Kremlin and the opposition are at a stalemate. I don’t…
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Samuel Greene
83 posts
Director of King's Russia Institute and Professor of Russian Politics
Affiliation
King's College London
Expertise
Relationships of Power in Russia, Authoritarianism, Protest, Mobilization, Social-Economic-Political Transformation
On Opposition
(Moscow-on-Thames) I spend most of my time studying how people fight back against autocratic regimes in places like Russia (and, increasingly, Belarus). But as my fellow Americans worry about the potential…
Why Navalny had to leave
(Moscow-on-Thames) I’m struggling to decide whether the recent events surrounding Aleksei Navalny are more macabre, or more absurd. For the moment, at least, I’m going with macabre. That seems the only reasonable…
Perspectives on the Structures and Limitations of Power in Russia
(Moscow-on-Thames) In a recent interview, timed to help drum up support for a constitutional reform that would strengthen the power of the presidency and potentially extend his rule until 2036, Vladimir…
Protest, Revolution, Belarus
(Moscow-on-Thames blog) We should always retain the capacity to be surprised. I am not an expert on Belarus. I have done precious little research there, have few contacts and no…
(De-)Mobilizing America
(Moscow-on-Thames) As Vladimir Putin launched the public campaign for his constitutional reform, he took the opportunity to tell Russia a bit about the United States, and about democracy in general. “What is democracy?” Putin asked (rhetorically, in…
Covid-19 in Russia (and not only)
(Wilson Center) “In a conversation with Samuel Greene, director of King’s Russia Institute, the Russia File discusses the Kremlin’s COVID-19 politics and Russian society’s newfound empowerment.” The Wilson Center (Soundcloud)…
I might have been wrong about Putin
(Moscow-on-Thames) I’ll say it: Sometimes I get it wrong. Or not quite right. Which is almost the same thing. In case you’ve missed it, today’s news is that Valentina Terehskova, a…
BookAuthority’s 25 “Best New International Relations Books to Read” includes Greene and Robertson’s: Putin v. the People
BookAuthority’s “25 Best New International Relations Books to Read” includes Samuel A. Greene and Graeme B. Robertson’s book, Putin v. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia. “A fascinating, bottom-up exploration of contemporary…
Imagined Futures
(Moscow-On-Thames) It’s been a while since a major Putin policy address has been anything other than boring. Not today. Today, Putin proposed a radical reshaping of Russia’s political system. Kind…