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Timothy Frye

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Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy
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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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  • July 6, 2021
  • Timothy Frye, Brian Taylor, Will Pyle, Klaus Segbers and Gulnaz Sharafutdinova
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Russians supported Putin’s moves in Crimea in 2014. Here’s what’s different in 2021

  • April 13, 2021
  • Timothy Frye
(Monkey Cage blog/Washington Post) Many analysts have worried in recent weeks about a large buildup of Russian military forces along the Ukrainian border. Russian troops have gathered in areas near the ongoing conflict in the Donbas, and some…
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Russia’s Weak Strongman: The Perilous Bargains That Keep Putin in Power

  • April 5, 2021
  • Timothy Frye
(Foreign Affairs) For 21 years, Vladimir Putin has reigned supreme over Russian politics. A skillful manipulator of public opinion, he wields the blunt force of repression against opponents at home…
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Inside Job: The Challenge of Foreign Online Influence in U.S. Elections [Book Reviews]

  • October 9, 2020
  • Timothy Frye
(War on the Rocks) Kremlin-backed trolls are sowing disinformation and have adapted their game for the 2020 campaign. U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr has been vague about the probity of accepting foreign assistance, and the U.S. Office…
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What’s Vladimir Putin’s end game? Other post-Soviet autocrats give a few clues.

  • July 4, 2020
  • Timothy Frye
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The Mueller Report and the Silence of the Experts

  • July 23, 2019
  • Timothy Frye
(Medium) The Mueller reports highlights many shortcomings in American democracy, but also reveals a deeper failure that informs our broader politics: the silence of the experts. Those well positioned to comment on…
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Crimea, Economic Sanctions, and Rally Around the Flag in Russia

  • June 28, 2019
  • Timothy Frye
(Wilson Center) On February 28, 2014, pro-Russian gunmen seized key buildings in Crimea. In response, the United States levied economic sanctions against Russia on March 6. Approval ratings for the Russian leadership then soared and remained high…
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Putin touts Russia as a great power. But he’s made it a weak one.

  • June 7, 2019
  • Timothy Frye
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  • June 4, 2019
  • Timothy Frye
(Monkey Cage blog) This week, Russian news reported that trust in President Vladimir Putin fell to its lowest level in 13 years. Or did it? A monthly poll collected by the Kremlin-friendly polling organization WCIOM…
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