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Şener Aktürk
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations

Affiliation

Koç University, Istanbul

Links

Koç University (Bio)

Expertise

Comparative Politics, Ethnic Politics, Institutions, Nationalism, Religion, Germany, Russia, Turkey
  • Şener Aktürk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/sener-akturk/
    Five Faces of Russia’s Soft Power: Far Left, Far Right, Orthodox Christian, Russophone, and Ethnoreligious Networks
Mikhail Alexseev
Website | + posts
Professor of Political Science

Affiliation

San Diego State University

Links

San Diego State University (Bio)

Expertise

Ukraine, Russia, Caucasus, Politics, Interstate and Internal Wars, Nationalism, Ethnic Relations, Immigration in Russia/Eurasia
  • Mikhail Alexseev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/mikhail-alexseev/
    Ukrainians believe they’ll win the war, a survey finds
  • Mikhail Alexseev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/mikhail-alexseev/
    U.S. Foreign Policy: What Wins Hearts and Minds in Ukraine?
  • Mikhail Alexseev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/mikhail-alexseev/
    Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield
  • Mikhail Alexseev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/mikhail-alexseev/
    Under the Cover of COVID-19: Reverse Irredentism Rising in East Ukraine’s “People’s Republics”
Hilary Appel
Website | + posts
Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow, Government Department

Affiliation

Claremont McKenna College

Links

Claremont McKenna College (Bio)

Expertise

Political Economy, Post-Communist Transitions, Russian Politics, West and East European Politics
  • Hilary Appel
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/hilary-appel/
    Are Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin Partners? Interpreting the Russia-China Rapprochement
Richard Arnold
Website | + posts
Associate Professor of Political Science

Affiliation

Muskingum University

Links

Muskingum University (Bio)

Expertise

Comparative Politics, International Relations, Nationalism, Cossack Movements, Ethnic Violence, Hate Crimes
  • Richard Arnold
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/richard-arnold/
    The Expanding Russian Cossack Movement: A Social Base for Putinism
  • Richard Arnold
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/richard-arnold/
    The Role of Cossacks in Russia’s Soft Power Toolkit
  • Richard Arnold
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/richard-arnold/
    Does the March 2019 Sakha Pogrom Portend a Future of Ethnic Violence for Russia?
  • Richard Arnold
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/richard-arnold/
    Whose Cossacks Are They Anyway? A Movement Torn by the Ukraine-Russia Divide
Pavel Baev
Website | + posts
Research Professor

Affiliation

Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Links

Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) (Bio)

Expertise

Russia, Military Reform, Caucasus, Central Asia, Energy, NATO
  • Pavel Baev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/pavel-baev/
    The Arctic as a Test for a “Stable and Predictable” Russia
  • Pavel Baev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/pavel-baev/
    Two Words That Shook Putin’s Regime
  • Pavel Baev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/pavel-baev/
    West’s Renewed Focus on Solidarity and Coordination Perturbs Kremlin
  • Pavel Baev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/pavel-baev/
    Russia’s Syrian Predicament Grows Unmanageable
Andrew Barnes
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Affiliation

Kent State University

Links

Kent State University (Bio)

Expertise

Post-Communist Political Economies, Politics of International Finance and Oil, Links between Markets and Democracy
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Eiki Berg
Website | + posts
Professor of International Relations

Affiliation

University of Tartu, Estonia

Links

University of Tartu (Bio)

Expertise

Critical Geopolitics, Sovereignty and Territoriality Issues, Secessionist Conflicts, De Facto States in Eurasia
  • Eiki Berg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/eiki-berg/
    De Facto States and Land-for-Peace Agreements: Territory and Recognition at Odds?
  • Eiki Berg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/eiki-berg/
    When There Is a State? The Politics of Recognition and Kosovo
  • Eiki Berg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/eiki-berg/
    Can European Brakes Slow Down Russia’s Drive in Secessionist Conflicts?
  • Eiki Berg
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/eiki-berg/
    Diaspora Politics on Abkhazia: Involved in Half Capacity
Tymofii Brik
Website | + posts
Assistant Professor in Policy Research

Affiliation

Kyiv School of Economics

Links

Personal Website (Bio)

Expertise

Ethnopolitical Conflicts, Post-Communist Transformations, Post-Soviet Institutions, Elites and Identities, Media Development, Migration, Sovereignty, Governance
  • Tymofii Brik
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/tymofii-brik/
    Notes from Kyiv | Tymofii Brik
  • Tymofii Brik
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/tymofii-brik/
    They All Are Doing Badly: Ukrainians Opinions About Governance During the Pandemic
  • Tymofii Brik
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/tymofii-brik/
    Ukraine’s “Type 4” Conflict: Why Is It Important To Study Terminology Before Changing It?
Irina Busygina
Website | + posts
Professor, Department of Political Science

Affiliation

Higher School of Economics, Moscow

Links

Higher School of Economics (Bio)

Expertise

Russia-EU Relations, Russian Politics, Russian Foreign Policy, Comparative Federalism and Regionalism
  • Irina Busygina
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/irina-busygina/
    Ready to Protest? Calculating Protest Potential in Russian Regional Capitals
  • Irina Busygina
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/irina-busygina/
    Russia and Its Two “Shared Neighborhoods”
  • Irina Busygina
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/irina-busygina/
    Nested Games? The Inconsistencies of Russian Foreign Policy in Eurasia
  • Irina Busygina
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/irina-busygina/
    Russian Federalism: Informal Elite Games Against Formal Democratic Institutions
Samuel Charap
Website | + posts
Senior Political Scientist, Washington Office

Affiliation

RAND Corporation

Links

RAND Corporation (Bio)

Expertise

Political Economy and Foreign Policies of Russia and Former Soviet States, European and Eurasian Regional Security, Deterrence, Strategic Stability, Arms Control
  • Samuel Charap
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/samuel-charap/
    Ukraine’s Best Chance for Peace
  • Samuel Charap
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/samuel-charap/
    Russia's Military Interventions: Patterns, Drivers, and Signposts
  • Samuel Charap
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/samuel-charap/
    Expanding the Scope for Statecraft in U.S. Russia Policy
Kathleen Collins
Website | + posts
Associate Professor of Political Science

Affiliation

University of Minnesota

Links

University of Minnesota (Bio)

Expertise

Political Transition and Democratization, Islam and Politics, Civil and Ethic Conflict, Clan Politics, Informal Institutions, Civil Society Development, Soviet and Post-Soviet Political Development
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Alexander Cooley
Website | + posts
Claire Tow Professor of Political Science and Director of the Harriman Institute for the Study of Russia, Eurasia and Eastern Europe

Affiliation

Barnard College, Columbia University

Links

Columbia University (Bio)

Expertise

International Relations of Eurasia, Central Asian Politics, Sovereignty, Governance
  • Alexander Cooley
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexander-cooley/
    The Illiberal Tide: Why the International Order Is Tilting Toward Autocracy
  • Alexander Cooley
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/alexander-cooley/
    The Cold War, Post-Cold War, and the Academy: Policy Recommendations from an Oral History of Russian and Eurasian Studies
Stephen Crowley
Website | + posts
Professor and Chair, Department of Politics

Affiliation

Oberlin College

Links

Oberlin College (Bio)

Expertise

Politics, Russian and East European Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies
  • Stephen Crowley
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/stephen-crowley/
    Who’s to Blame? Sanctions, Economic Hardship, and Putin’s Fear of Color Revolutions
  • Stephen Crowley
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/stephen-crowley/
    Global Cities Versus Russian Rustbelt Realities
  • Stephen Crowley
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/stephen-crowley/
    Russia’s Truckers and the Path from Economic to Political Protest
Keith Darden
Website | + posts
Associate Professor

Affiliation

School of International Service, American University

Links

American University (Bio)

Expertise

Nationalism, State-Building, Politics of Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia, Institutions, Ideology, Corruption
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Georgi Derluguian
Website | + posts
Professor of Social Research and Public Policy

Affiliation

New York University Abu Dhabi

Links

NYU Abu Dhabi (Bio)

Expertise

Revolutions, Social Change, Ethnography, Caucasus, Russia, Nationalism, Civil Society, Religion
  • Georgi Derluguian
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/georgi-derluguian/
    The Current Tensions Around Donbas
  • Georgi Derluguian
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/georgi-derluguian/
    In the Caucasus, There Is a Peace Agreement but Not Peace
  • Georgi Derluguian
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/georgi-derluguian/
    The Yerevan Protests in 2021: a Sociological Eye
  • Georgi Derluguian
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/georgi-derluguian/
    Enter Nikol Pashinyan: The Causes and Future Prospects of the 2018 Armenian Revolution
Jesse Driscoll
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Political Science; Chair, Global Leadership Institute

Affiliation

University of California San Diego

Links

UC San Diego (Bio)

Expertise

Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States, Central Asia, Caucasus, Russian-Speaking World
  • Jesse Driscoll
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/jesse-driscoll/
    Ukraine’s Civil War: Would Accepting This Terminology Help Resolve the Conflict?
Volodymyr Dubovyk
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations
Affiliation

Mechnikov National University, Odessa
Links

Mechnikov National University (Bio)
Expertise

Ukraine, Transatlantic Relations, EU
  • Volodymyr Dubovyk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/volodymyr-dubovyk/
    Ukraine’s Internally Displaced Persons
  • Volodymyr Dubovyk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/volodymyr-dubovyk/
    Dominating Ukraine’s Sky
  • Volodymyr Dubovyk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/volodymyr-dubovyk/
    Footing Restored: Nudging Ukraine Forward in the Biden-Zelensky Era
  • Volodymyr Dubovyk
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/volodymyr-dubovyk/
    US-Ukraine rela­tions under Joe Biden: secu­rity and domes­tic reforms as mutu­ally rein­forc­ing pillars
Dinissa Duvanova
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations
Affiliation

Lehigh University
Links

Lehigh University (Bio)
Expertise

Political Economy, Business-State Relations, Interest Groups, East-Central Europe, Russia, Central Asia, Digitally-Enabled Forms of Political Participation
  • Dinissa Duvanova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/dinissa-duvanova/
    Outsourcing Violence: Provocateurs and Power Struggles in Kazakhstan, January 2022
  • Dinissa Duvanova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/dinissa-duvanova/
    Riots in Kazakhstan
  • Dinissa Duvanova
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/dinissa-duvanova/
    How Autocracies Build Regulatory States
Emil Dzhuraev
Website | + posts
Teaching Fellow
Affiliation

OSCE Academy in Bishkek
Links

OSCE Academy in Bishkek (Bio)
Expertise

Political Institutions and Processes, Central Asian Politics
  • Emil Dzhuraev
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/emil-dzhuraev/
    Transition Plans Gone Awry: Is the Downfall of Atambayev an Argument for Democracy?
Mikhail Filippov
Website | + posts
Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science
Affiliation

Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY)
Links

Binghamton University (Bio)
Expertise

Comparative Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, European Politics, European Union Institutions, Democratic Transitions, East-Central European and Post-Soviet Politics
  • Mikhail Filippov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/mikhail-filippov/
    Nested Games? The Inconsistencies of Russian Foreign Policy in Eurasia
  • Mikhail Filippov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/mikhail-filippov/
    Russian Federalism: Informal Elite Games Against Formal Democratic Institutions
Evgeny Finkel
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, School of Advanced International Studies
Affiliation

Johns Hopkins University
Links

Johns Hopkins University (Bio), Personal Website
Expertise

Politics, Violence, Genocide, Holocaust, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel
  • Evgeny Finkel
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/eugene-finkel/
    Pasta and Sugar, Not Navalny, Are Putin’s Main Worries
Oleksandr Fisun
Website | + posts

Head of the Department, Professor, Political Science
Affiliation
Kharkiv National University
Links
Kharkiv National University (Bio), Department (Bio)
Expertise
Ukraine, Nationalism, Comparative Politics

    This author does not have any more posts.
Timothy Frye
Website | + posts
Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy

Affiliation

Columbia University

Links

Columbia University (Bio)

Expertise

Foreign Policy, Property Rights, Rule of Law, Financial Markets
  • Timothy Frye
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/timothy-frye/
    Is Putin’s Popularity (Still) Real? A Cautionary Note on Using List Experiments to Measure Popularity in Authoritarian Regimes
  • Timothy Frye
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/timothy-frye/
    Roundtable on Gulnaz Sharafutdinova’s The Red Mirror
  • Timothy Frye
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/timothy-frye/
    Russians supported Putin’s moves in Crimea in 2014. Here’s what’s different in 2021
  • Timothy Frye
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/timothy-frye/
    Russia’s Weak Strongman: The Perilous Bargains That Keep Putin in Power
Jordan Gans-Morse
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Political Science
Affiliation

Northwestern University
Links

Northwestern University (Bio)
Expertise

Comparative Politics, Political Economy, Rule of Law, Property Rights, Clientelism, Corruption
  • Jordan Gans-Morse
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/jordan-gans-morse/
    We want the war to end. But should calls for negotiating with Putin be taken seriously?
  • Jordan Gans-Morse
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/jordan-gans-morse/
    Self-Selection into the Public Sector When Corruption is Widespread: The Paradoxical Case of Contemporary Russia
  • Jordan Gans-Morse
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/jordan-gans-morse/
    Effective Anti-Corruption Messaging: Lessons from Ukraine
George Gavrilis
Website | + posts
Independent Consultant
Links

Personal Website
Expertise

International Relations, Boundaries, Higher Education, Oral History, Middle East, Central Asia, Afghanistan, Turkey
  • George Gavrilis
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/george-gavrilis/
    Are Eurasian Conflicts Really All That Eurasian? Lessons for Scholars and Policymakers
  • George Gavrilis
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/george-gavrilis/
    The Cold War, Post-Cold War, and the Academy: Policy Recommendations from an Oral History of Russian and Eurasian Studies
Scott Gehlbach
Website | + posts
Professor, Department of Political Science and Harris School of Public Policy
Affiliation

University of Chicago
Links

University of Chicago (Bio)
Expertise

Economic Reform, Authoritarianism, Political connections, Accountability in Organizations and Government
  • Scott Gehlbach
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/scott-gehlbach/
    Is Putin’s Popularity (Still) Real? A Cautionary Note on Using List Experiments to Measure Popularity in Authoritarian Regimes
Vladimir Gelman
Website | + posts
Professor, Political Science Departmenty
Affiliation

European University at St. Petersburg; University of Helsinki
Links

European University at St. Petersburg (Bio), University of Helsinki (Bio)
Expertise

Russia, Comparative Politics, Elections, Corruption, Rule of Law
  • Vladimir Gelman
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/vladimir-gelman/
    NEW BOOK: The Politics of Bad Governance in Contemporary Russia
  • Vladimir Gelman
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/vladimir-gelman/
    Expectations for Russia’s September Parliamentary Elections
  • Vladimir Gelman
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/vladimir-gelman/
    Explaining Bad Governance in Russia: Institutions and Incentives
  • Vladimir Gelman
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/vladimir-gelman/
    Velvet Gloves Versus Iron Fist: Dilemmas of Control Under Russian Authoritarianism
Julie George
Website | + posts
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation

Queens College
Links

Queens College (Bio)
Expertise

Ethnic Politics, Democratization, State Building, Caucasus, Eurasia
  • Julie George
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/julie-george/
    Territory versus Reform Success: Why Reformers Are Better Positioned in Georgia than in Armenia
Theodore Gerber
Website | + posts
Professor of Sociology
Affiliation

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Links

University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bio)
Expertise

Sociology, Statistics, Demography, Migration, Contemporary Russian Society
  • Theodore Gerber
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/theodore-gerber/
    The Destruction of Academic Freedom and Social Science in Russia
Elise Giuliano
Website | + posts
Lecturer in Discipline, Political Science
Affiliation

Columbia University
Links

Columbia University (Bio)
Expertise

Russia, Ethnic Nationalism, Islam, Political Mobilization in Russia
  • Elise Giuliano
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/elise-giuliano/
    They All Are Doing Badly: Ukrainians Opinions About Governance During the Pandemic
Serghei Golunov
Website | + posts
Lead Researcher, Peace and Conflict Studies
Affiliation

Institute of World Economy & International Relations (IMEMO), Moscow
Links

IMEMO, Moscow (Bio)
Expertise

Security, Migration, Higher Education, EU, Borders
  • Serghei Golunov
    https://www.ponarseurasia.org/author/serghei-golunov/
    The Perennial Partnership: The Global Economic Crisis and Russian-Kazakh Relations