Policy Memos | Аналитика 25

Russian Federalism: Informal Elite Games Against Formal Democratic Institutions

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In Russia, formal constitutional principles of federalism cannot be abolished without putting the country’s political stability at significant risk. Even the Soviet leadership could not afford to…

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Team Navalny and the Dynamics of Coercion: The Kremlin’s Reaction to Aleksei Navalny’s 2018 Presidential Campaign

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Authoritarian regimes frequently employ strategic coercion and repression to prevent or halt mobilization. Russia under Vladimir Putin is not an exception. As the regime became more repressive…

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Russia’s Syrian Predicament Grows Unmanageable

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Syria has been an ongoing major focus in Russian security policy since its astounding military intervention in September 2015. Yet, now, it is barely present in political…

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Designating the Russian Imperial Movement a Terrorist Organization: a Drop in the Bucket of Needed U.S. Counter-Extremism Responses

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On April 6, 2020, the U.S. State Department designated the Russian Imperial Movement (RIM) as a terrorist organization and placed its leaders on its list of…

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Ukraine Rides High While COVID-19 Lays Neighbors Low: But for How Long?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) When compared to other post-Soviet countries, Ukraine seems to have responded to the COVID-19 challenge quite well. However, this might be an illusion. There has been…

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Global Cities Versus Russian Rustbelt Realities

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In seeking new sources of economic growth and a path leading out of the “middle-income trap,” Aleksei Kudrin, chairman of the parliamentary Accounts Chamber, has pushed…

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Russia and Digital Surveillance in the Wake of COVID-19

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Russia’s response to the current pandemic highlights its aspirations to become a world leader in facial recognition and artificial intelligence (AI). The adoption of self-isolation and digital…

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Video Surveillance and COVID-19 in Eurasia

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) To enforce quarantine measures, some Eurasian cities are relying on smart surveillance technologies initially installed a few years ago to capture criminal and disorderly behavior. Moscow, Nur-Sultan,…

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Post-Revolution Armenia: New Generation, Old Problems

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Almost two years have passed since the Velvet Revolution in Armenia. By now, the elite rotation is almost complete. The former ruling party, the Republican Party of…

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Is Putin Emulating Azerbaijan in 2008-09? Modifying Term Limits Under Economic Uncertainty

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Does President Vladimir Putin’s move to zero-out his count to presidential term limits replicate the “Ilham Aliyev” scenario of Azerbaijan in 2008-09 as suggested in a recent…

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The Russian Power Vertical and the COVID-19 Challenge: The Trajectories of Regional Responses

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The COVID-19 pandemic hit Russia at a precarious moment marked by a global oil war and constitutional reforms intended to secure regime stability beyond 2024. These three…

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How Autocracies Build Regulatory States

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In autocratic settings, much of what we know about economic regulation does not explicitly account for the fact that objectives, constraints, and opportunities faced by states, businesses,…

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Policy Memos | Аналитика

Russian Federalism: Informal Elite Games Against Formal Democratic Institutions

Team Navalny and the Dynamics of Coercion: The Kremlin’s Reaction to Aleksei Navalny’s 2018 Presidential Campaign

Russia’s Syrian Predicament Grows Unmanageable

Designating the Russian Imperial Movement a Terrorist Organization: a Drop in the Bucket of Needed U.S. Counter-Extremism Responses

Ukraine Rides High While COVID-19 Lays Neighbors Low: But for How Long?

Global Cities Versus Russian Rustbelt Realities

Russia and Digital Surveillance in the Wake of COVID-19

Video Surveillance and COVID-19 in Eurasia

Post-Revolution Armenia: New Generation, Old Problems

Is Putin Emulating Azerbaijan in 2008-09? Modifying Term Limits Under Economic Uncertainty

The Russian Power Vertical and the COVID-19 Challenge: The Trajectories of Regional Responses

How Autocracies Build Regulatory States