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Who Is in Charge? National and Regional Responses to the Spring 2024 Floods in Qazaqstan

Image credit/license On November 14, 2024, Qazaqstani authorities arrested Perizat Kairat, the founder and head of the foundation Biz Birgemiz Qazaqstan (“We Are Together Qazaqstan”), who was accused of embezzling…

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Military Mobilization in Russia’s Regions: From Protests to Submission

Image credit/license The partial mobilization announced by the Kremlin in September 2022—six months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine—triggered a significant wave of emigration and sparked protests across the country.…

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Political Actors in the North Caucasus and Moscow Hijacking Decolonization to Cement Their Power

Image credit/license The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has reignited debates around post-colonialism and post-imperialism in Russia, sparking challenges to biases in Russian Studies in the West and calls for…

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Federal and Regional Dynamics of the Kremlin’s New Cadre Strategy to Adapt to War

Image credit/license Despite the unprecedented Western sanctions imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the Russian economic and political system has so far demonstrated remarkable resilience, effectively coping with…

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The People vs. Bidzina Ivanishvili. Who Will Win in 2025?

Image credit/license Georgia is not only at a geographical crossroads: In 2024, it arrived at a political one. As 2024 came to an end in Georgia, two rival claimants for…

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Russians’ Worldview and the Legacy of the Early 1990s

Image credit/license Communism’s collapse was greeted, broadly speaking, with relief and jubilation across Eastern Europe and most post-Soviet states. In Russia, however, it resonated differently. For Russians, the shock of…

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Is There More Hope or More Fear Among Russia’s Exiled Activists After the August 2024 Prisoner Swap?

Image credit/license On August 1, 2024, 26 individuals were exchanged in the largest East-West prisoner swap since the end of the Cold War. It included U.S. citizens Paul Whelan, Evan…

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‘Foreign Agent’ Laws in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan Show Pitfalls of Turning Local Governance Issues into Geopolitical Battles

Image credit/license Geopolitics is perilous to democracy. This is the cautionary story from the recent adoption of “foreign agent” laws in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia (called “foreign representatives” by the former…

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Erection and Demolition of Monuments in Russian-East European Memory Wars

Image credit/license Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, East European states have sped up or begun the removal and relocation of Soviet monuments. The Russian government has responded by placing…

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Where Is Russia’s ‘Military Keynesianism’ Headed?

Image credit/license Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine and the Russian government’s turn to massive public spending, the term “military Keynesianism” has been increasingly used to describe…

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Political Reforms for Postwar Russia: What Russian Wartime Migrants Say

Image credit/license Should it not change the structure of its political institutions, Russia is unlikely to recover from its authoritarian legacy and will remain a persistent threat to the international…

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The Impacts of Host- and Home-Country Political Environments on Russian Activists Abroad

Image credit/license The departure of thousands of activists from Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has created opportunities for them both to engage with new constituencies…

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Who Is in Charge? National and Regional Responses to the Spring 2024 Floods in Qazaqstan

Military Mobilization in Russia’s Regions: From Protests to Submission

Political Actors in the North Caucasus and Moscow Hijacking Decolonization to Cement Their Power

Federal and Regional Dynamics of the Kremlin’s New Cadre Strategy to Adapt to War

The People vs. Bidzina Ivanishvili. Who Will Win in 2025?

Russians’ Worldview and the Legacy of the Early 1990s

Is There More Hope or More Fear Among Russia’s Exiled Activists After the August 2024 Prisoner Swap?

‘Foreign Agent’ Laws in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan Show Pitfalls of Turning Local Governance Issues into Geopolitical Battles

Erection and Demolition of Monuments in Russian-East European Memory Wars

Where Is Russia’s ‘Military Keynesianism’ Headed?

Political Reforms for Postwar Russia: What Russian Wartime Migrants Say

The Impacts of Host- and Home-Country Political Environments on Russian Activists Abroad