COVID-19

Old (Cultural) Divisions, New Issues: Regional Differentiation in Ukrainians’ Coronavirus Responses

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) As Western countries argue about lethal aid provision to Kyiv and Russian forces continue to assert their presence on the other side of the border, Ukraine…

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They All Are Doing Badly: Ukrainians Opinions About Governance During the Pandemic

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) What do Ukrainians think about the responses of their leaders to the COVID-19 pandemic? How have urban Ukrainians assessed local versus national institutions over these difficult…

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Trading Personal Freedom for Public Safety: The Russian Perspective

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Benjamin Franklin once remarked, “Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.” His words capture one…

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Changing Perceptions of State Capacity Delivery in Estonia, Georgia, and Ukraine During the COVID-19 Pandemic

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) How have citizens’ attitudes about the state and its capacity to deliver public goods changed during an especially fraught period caused by the COVID-19 pandemic? This…

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COVID-19 “Humanitarianism”: The Geopolitics of Russia’s Coronavirus Assistance

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) On April 1, 2021, an Antonov AN-124 Russian aircraft landed in New York City’s JFK airport with cargo of personal protective gear and medical equipment. The…

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COVID-19 and Azerbaijan: Is the System Resilient Enough to Withstand the Perfect Storm?

(Problems of Post-Communism) Abstract: COVID-19 has significantly impacted many countries of post-Soviet Eurasia, affecting both political and economic realms. Azerbaijan is not alone in suffering from the pandemic and paying…

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Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in the Context of COVID-19: The Role of Trust and Confidence in a Seventeen-Country Survey

(IJPH) With the realization that a vaccine to SARS-CoV-2 is essential to gain control of the pandemic, many have expressed legitimate concerns about vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine hesitancy, defined as the…

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Stuck between underinvestment, government authoritarianism and corruption: The healthcare system in Tajikistan and the risks for the population

(FPC) As the COVID-19 virus spread in Eurasia in early 2020, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon and his government chose to deny the crisis for more than four months, then acknowledged…

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Central Asian Responses to COVID-19: Regime Legitimacy and [De]Securitization of the Health Crisis

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Despite a history of using discourses of danger to define other transnational challenges (e.g., Islamic radicalism), Central Asia’s governments have not framed the coronavirus pandemic in…

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Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield

(Problems of Post-Communism) The sudden onset of COVID-19 has challenged many social scientists to proceed without a robust theoretical and empirical foundation upon which to build. Addressing this challenge, particularly…

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Old (Cultural) Divisions, New Issues: Regional Differentiation in Ukrainians’ Coronavirus Responses

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Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy in the Context of COVID-19: The Role of Trust and Confidence in a Seventeen-Country Survey

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Central Asian Responses to COVID-19: Regime Legitimacy and [De]Securitization of the Health Crisis

Pandemic Politics in Eurasia: Roadmap for a New Research Subfield