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    In this week's PONARS Eurasia Podcast episode, Maria Lipman chats with Denis Volkov, Naira Davlashyan, and Peter Slevin about why COVID-19 vaccination rates are still so low across the globe, comparing vaccine hesitant constituencies across Russia, France, and the United States.  
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    In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Grigory Golosov and Henry Hale about the evolution of Russia's political regime, and what to expect in the lead-up to September's Duma elections.
  • Volodymyr Zelensky: Year Two [Lipman Series 2021] May 24, 2021
    In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Sergiy Kudelia and Georgiy Kasianov about Ukrainian President Zelensky's second year in office, and how he has handled the political turbulence of the past year.
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PONARS Eurasia Spring Policy Conference (March 3)

  • March 2, 2023
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Thank you for joining us! See the event videos on YouTube.

The annual PONARS Eurasia Spring Policy Conference convenes international experts from North America, Russia, Ukraine, and other parts of Eurasia for a series of panel discussions. This year’s hybrid event offers insight from leading scholars and experts into comparative politics and society in the region, both related to and beyond Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine.

Friday, March 3, 2023 | Elliott School of International Affairs (1957 E St NW) or Online.

AGENDA

9:00 am: Opening Remarks: David Szakonyi, George Washington University

9:00-10:30 am: Panel 1: Ukrainian Society and Politics in Wartime

Chair: Henry Hale, George Washington University

Tymofii Brik (online), Kyiv School of Economics
“Decentralization and Trust in Government: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Ukraine”

Oleksandr Fisun, Kharkiv National University
“How the Russian Invasion Changed Ukraine’s Political Landscape”

Ivan Gomza (online), Kyiv School of Economics
“Political and Societal Medium-Term War Outcomes: Historical Perspectives and Tentative Projection for the Russo-Ukrainian War”

Tetyana Malyarenko (online) and Borys Kormych (online), National University of Odesa Law Academy
“Russian Policy Towards the Economy of Occupied Ukrainian Territories: Crawling De-Modernization”

Discussant: Michael Keays, Wilson Center

10:30-10:45 am: Coffee Break

10:45 am-12:30 pm: Panel 2: Authoritarianism and Democracy Promotion

Chair: Mikhail Troitskiy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Hannah Chapman, University of Oklahoma
“All Fraud is Not Created Equal: Recent Electoral Manipulation Practices Are Less Likely to Incite Public Ire”

Emil Dzhuraev (online), Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan
“Il Nuovo Principe: How Sadyr Japarov turned democracy on itself and ruled bravely thereafter”

Cole Harvey, Oklahoma State University
“The Risk of Protest Won’t Stop Election Manipulation: Implications for Democracy Assistance”

Valerie Sperling, Clark University and Laura Henry, Bowdoin College (co-authored with Lisa Sundstrom)
“Exodus: Russian Repression and Social ‘Movement’”

Margarita Zavadskaya, University of Helsinki, Finland (online)
“Civic Activism among Russian Migrants after February 24: Evidence from Panel Survey Data”

Discussant: Heather Ashby, U.S. Institute of Peace

12:30-1:30 pm: Lunch

1:30-3:00 pm: Panel 3: Russian War Practice and Consequences

Chair: Timothy Frye, Columbia University

Kristina Hook, Kennesaw State University
“The Policy Implications of Russia’s Genocide in Ukraine”

Marat Iliyasov, Miami University of Ohio
“The Chechen Factor in the War on Ukraine”

Jean-François Ratelle, University of Ottawa
“Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya, and the War in Ukraine”

Andrei Semenov (online), Higher School of Economics, Moscow
“Getting Messages Across: War Propaganda in Russian Press and Social Media”

Discussant: Miriam Lanskoy, National Endowment for Democracy

3:00-3:15 pm: Coffee Break

3:15-5:00 pm: Panel 4: Russian Ideology and Values on the Offensive

Chair: Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University

Antonina Berezovenko, George Washington University
“Putin: The Cult of Personality”

Ivan Fomin, Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA)
“Putin’s Ideology of ‘Traditional Values’ in Action”

Ivan Grek, George Washington University
“The Grassroots of Putin’s Ideology: Civil Origins of an Uncivil Regime”

Azamat Junisbai, Pitzer College
“Making Sense of Russian Support for War Against Ukraine: A Central Asian Perspective”

Katie Stewart, Knox College
“Consolidating Values to Consolidate Power in Russia”

Discussant: Eva Busza, National Democratic Institute

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