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Beyond the Polls: Google Queries and Public Protest Volatility in Russia

Declining satisfaction with a country’s direction—a measure that typically tracks with declining public support for a government in power—has been shown to precede mass anti-government protest, as the Arab Spring…

Пересечение границ, подтверждение суверенитета: Россия, Грузия и ВТО

В этой аналитической записке рассматривается официальная интерпретация Москвой российско-грузинского соглашения о таможенном администрировании и мониторинге торговли, подписанного в конце 2011 года в рамках подготовки вступления России в ВТО в 2012…

Crossing Borders, Validating Sovereignty: Russia, Georgia, and the WTO

Political scientists generally recognize the importance of international regimes, rules, and norms for understanding international interactions. Even in the absence of global enforcement, these factors arguably matter because they frame…

Sports and Olympian Politics

Perhaps, the most striking paradox of the London Olympic Games is that in spite of the much-discussed commercialization they leave much space for politics. For Britain, the Games bear…

Sochi Surprise: Imagining Change in Moscow’s Caucasus Policy

Let us imagine… at the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the United Nations Secretary General announces a new peace deal for the Caucasus, surprising everyone. The…

The Impact of the Hajj Pilgrimage in the North Caucasus

The Hajj, a pilgrimage to the holy sites of Islam in Mecca and Medina, is an increasingly common practice among Russia's Muslims. According to various estimates since 2007, at least…

A Vicious Circle: The Security Implications of Rising Anti-Americanism in the North Caucasus

While attending a conference on combating terrorism and extremism at the state university in Nalchik, Kabardino-Balkaria, in April 2010, one moment in particular made me feel as if I had…

Rubles Against the Insurgency: Paradoxes from the North Caucasus Counties

As part of its counter-insurgency strategy in the volatile North Caucasus region, the Russian government has stressed economic development and invested considerable resources into the region. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin…

Overcounting Russia’s Muslims: Implications for Security and Society

Russia’s top Muslim officials, Russian prime minister and former president Vladimir Putin, and Russian and American scholars all typically put the number of Muslim believers in Russia at around 15…

Xenophobia in Russia: Are the Young Driving It?

Since the mid-1990s, human rights groups, scholars, government agencies, and the media in the Russian Federation have documented a rising wave of individual and group acts of violence, destruction, or…

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