Riots in Kazakhstan
(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Dinissa Duvanova, Pauline Jones, Eric McGlinchey, Yulia Nikitina, and Mariya Omelicheva provide insight into the recent, disconcerting events in Kazakhstan. GazMaidan, Crimea #2, or End of the…
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Friday, October 9: Authoritarian Governance and Reform in Russia with Duvanova, Gel’man, Sharafutdinova, and Twigg
Authoritarian Governance and Reform in Russia Presented as a part of PONARS Eurasia Fridays, an online event series featuring expert discussions on current events in Eurasia each week. Featuring: Dinissa…
How Autocracies Build Regulatory States
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In autocratic settings, much of what we know about economic regulation does not explicitly account for the fact that objectives, constraints, and opportunities faced by states, businesses,…
Why are Russians protesting? Eight PONARS Eurasia experts explain
(Monkey Cage blog) Joshua Tucker asked eight PONARS Eurasia experts on Russian politics: Do the protests that took place across 99 cities in Russia on Sunday signify that meaningful change in Russian politics is likely?…
New Book: Building Business in Post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia
(PECOP) Prior to 1989, the communist countries of Eastern Europe and the USSR lacked genuine employer and industry associations. After the collapse of communism, industry associations mushroomed throughout the region. Duvanova…
Kyiv Symposium: “Ukraine: Escape from Post-Soviet Legacy?”
(VoxUkraine) PONARS Eurasia members took part in the April 24 – 26 Kyiv symposium “Ukraine – Escaping from its Post-Soviet Legacy.” Session topics were: Political Economy after Euromaidan: New Perspective Risk Attitudes…
What does Boris Nemtsov’s murder mean for Russia?
(The Monkey Cage/WP) Like many others, I was shocked and saddened by last week’s murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, who I actually had the pleasure of interviewing many years ago. In…
Will Russia’s economic turmoil affect its foreign policy?
On Wednesday – before Russian President Vladimir Putin’s end of the year news conference – the following question was posed to members of PONARS Eurasia: How is the current financial…