Policy Memos | Аналитика 34

The Kremlin’s New Man in Dagestan: Corruption Supplants Security as Moscow’s Chief Concern

(PONARS Policy Memo) On October 3, 2017, Vladimir Vasiliev was appointed acting head of the republic of Dagestan. Vasiliev replaced the outgoing leader, Ramazan Abdulatipov, who had guided the region…

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The Real or Imagined Infiltration of Fifth Columns in the Post-Soviet Region

(PONARS Policy Memo) For much of Vladimir Putin’s presidency, and especially since the 2011-12 Bolotnaya demonstrations, the Kremlin has claimed that Russia is threatened by internal enemies. Various actors have been…

U.S.-Russian Relations and the “New Cold War” Metaphor

(PONARS Policy Memo) Over the past twenty years, observers such as Stephen F. Cohen have argued that relations between the United States and Russia have been plunged into a “new Cold…

Do Russians Trust their Police? Reform Must Start from the Top

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Despite some recent, seemingly half-hearted efforts, the police remain one of Russia’s most unreformed bureaucracies and Russians’ trust in police has been low throughout the post-Soviet…

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U.S. Disengagement from the South Caucasus: The Throne Is Never Vacant

(PONARS Policy Memo) Over the last ten years, the United States has been gradually disengaging from the South Caucasus. This has tremendously affected the countries of the region, especially Georgia and…

The Cold War, Post-Cold War, and the Academy: Policy Recommendations from an Oral History of Russian and Eurasian Studies

(PONARS Policy Memo) In Know Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America’s Soviet Experts, historian David Engerman portrayed contemporary Russian and Eurasian studies as insular, ineffectual, and—ultimately—irrelevant. Charles King’s…

Russia’s Challenge: A Declining Power’s Quest for Status

(PONARS Policy Memo) For many U.S. and Western observers, Russia has emerged as the most aggressive and assertive challenger to U.S. leadership and the American-led liberal world order. Russia’s annexation of…

Enter Nikol Pashinyan: The Causes and Future Prospects of the 2018 Armenian Revolution

(PONARS Policy Memo) Last spring, a surging wave of protests ended a regime of post-Soviet restoration in Armenia. A near-universal rejection of the old regime brought into the streets of…

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Effective Anti-Corruption Messaging: Lessons from Ukraine

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Both government agencies and civil society activists in Ukraine widely employ anti-corruption messaging such as billboards, posters, television advertisements, and trainings. But which messages, if any,…

Chinese Artificial Intelligence Projects Expand in Eurasian Cities

(PONARS Policy Memo) As a global leader in developing and using surveillance technologies, China is exporting its high-tech brand of authoritarianism to its neighbors in Eurasia. Chinese firms have been…

Is Russia Really “Fascist”? A Comment on Timothy Snyder

(PONARS Policy Memo) Over the past decade, and even more overtly since the annexation of Crimea, there has been a growing tendency to describe Russia—or at least the Putin regime—as “fascist.”…

Renewables in Kazakhstan and Russia: Promoting “Future Energy” or Entrenching Hydrocarbon Dependency?

(PONARS Policy Memo) Energy and natural resource use has always been a key issue of geopolitics, but as more countries adopt “post-oil” transition policies, environmental sustainability has itself become an important…

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Policy Memos | Аналитика

The Kremlin’s New Man in Dagestan: Corruption Supplants Security as Moscow’s Chief Concern

The Real or Imagined Infiltration of Fifth Columns in the Post-Soviet Region

U.S.-Russian Relations and the “New Cold War” Metaphor

Do Russians Trust their Police? Reform Must Start from the Top

U.S. Disengagement from the South Caucasus: The Throne Is Never Vacant

The Cold War, Post-Cold War, and the Academy: Policy Recommendations from an Oral History of Russian and Eurasian Studies

Russia’s Challenge: A Declining Power’s Quest for Status

Enter Nikol Pashinyan: The Causes and Future Prospects of the 2018 Armenian Revolution

Effective Anti-Corruption Messaging: Lessons from Ukraine

Chinese Artificial Intelligence Projects Expand in Eurasian Cities

Is Russia Really “Fascist”? A Comment on Timothy Snyder

Renewables in Kazakhstan and Russia: Promoting “Future Energy” or Entrenching Hydrocarbon Dependency?