Striking Back at the Empire: Ukrainians Converge on Values and National Belonging

Defying months of unprovoked, brutal, deeply traumatizing Russian military invasion, the Ukrainian society has not only mobilized for defense but has struck back with surging support for its popularly elected…

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Ukrainians believe they’ll win the war, a survey finds

(Monkey Cage/Washington Post) The Pentagon announced $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine last week, the largest single drawdown of U.S. arms and equipment for Ukraine. And the U.S. treasury has authorized $4.5…

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U.S. Foreign Policy: What Wins Hearts and Minds in Ukraine?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) How does U.S. policy toward Ukraine resonate with the Ukrainian public? What kind of policies in Washington make the most positive or negative impact, and why?…

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Under the Cover of COVID-19: Reverse Irredentism Rising in East Ukraine’s “People’s Republics”

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) With the spread of COVID-19 to Europe, policy patterns in the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DNR/LNR) indicate that these “separatist entities,” which Moscow engineered in 2014…

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Through Europe’s Gate, Out of Russia’s Net: How Ukrainians’ Visa-Free EU Travel Offsets Moscow’s Disinformation

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Public opinion surveys indicate that among Ukrainian citizens who used bezviz, the EU-Ukraine visa-free travel arrangement, support for Ukraine’s integration with the EU and NATO strengthened,…

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Crimea Come What May: Do Economic Sanctions Backfire Politically?

(Journal of Peace Research) (Co-authored by Henry Hale) Abstract: Do international economic sanctions backfire politically, resulting in increased rather than decreased domestic support for targeted state leaders? Backfire arguments are common,…

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Russian TV has enthusiastically covered the Trump-Ukraine scandal

(Monkey Cage blog) Russian state-controlled television has been extensively covering the news that President Trump allegedly pressured Ukraine’s president to investigate the son of former vice president Joe Biden, who is leading in…

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Ukraine’s Counterintuitive Democratic Stoicism: Supporting Democracy-Building in a War-Torn State

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Numerous academic studies have shown that economic hardship, ethnoregional divides, corrupt governance, and war are bad for democracy, particularly in states where democracy has weak historical roots.…

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Congratulations to 2019 ISA Award Winners Mikhail Alexseev, Sufian Zhemukhov, and Ayse Zarakol

The International Studies Association gave the Religion and International Relations Book Award to Mikhail Alexseev and Sufian Zhemukhov for their book, Mass Religious Ritual and Intergroup Tolerance: The Muslim Pilgrims’ Paradox…

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How Do Ukrainians Want to End the Donbas War?

(PONARS Policy Memo) Whereas it is hard to imagine the Donbas retuning fully to Ukraine’s control without Russia ending its multi-year military and economic backing of the separatist entities there, the…

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