Is Putin’s Popularity (Still) Real? A Cautionary Note on Using List Experiments to Measure Popularity in Authoritarian Regimes

Questions about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s popularity are inextricable from discussions about Russia’s war on Ukraine. The Russian government has expended great effort selling the war to the Russian population,…

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Event (Feb. 18): Sources of Reform in Russia: Celebrate Three New Books with the Authors

Join us for a book launch featuring new books from Evgeny Finkel, Scott Gehlbach, Bryn Rosenfeld, and David Szakonyi. In Reform and Rebellion in Weak States, Evgeny Finkel and Scott Gehlbach…

Is Putin’s Popularity Real?

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Vladimir Putin has managed to achieve and maintain strikingly high public approval ratings throughout his time as president and prime minister of Russia. Kremlin spin doctors…

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Why we should be confident that Putin is genuinely popular in Russia

(WP) Tuesday brings yet another dramatic development in the story of Russia’s relationship with the West. Monday, it was the possibility of improving relations in the wake of French President Francois Hollande’s decision to…

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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…

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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…

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A Way Forward for Ukraine

(Co-authored by Scott Gehlbach, Roger Myerson, and Tymofiy Mylovanov) (The New York Times) However the current crisis over Crimea finally ends, Ukraine will still be left with a crisis of…

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