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Who Defects? Unpacking a Defection Cascade from Russia’s Dominant Party 2008–12

(APSA) (Co-authored with T. Colton) Abstract: Under what conditions do individuals withdraw support from dominant parties in nondemocratic regimes? Employing an original panel survey, we measure the same individuals’ support…

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Presidential Power in Ukraine: Constitutions Matter

(Presidential Power blog) Some observers argue Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has been determined to concentrate power in his own hands ever since his May 2014 election and has either failed…

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Trump’s Extreme Pragmatism and U.S.-Russian Relations

Will incoming U.S. President Donald Trump usher in a new era of US-Russia cooperation? Many in Russia think so, as do some in the US. But early signs warn the…

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Hale: Trump’s publicly discrediting of intelligence “could come back to bite him”

(CBC) Mitch McConnell should have known. And, well, there's a chance he did — possibly even months before the presidential election. As the Senate majority leader announced Monday that a bipartisan panel…

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Hale: It’s anybody’s guess how well Tillerson will work out

(VOA) President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Monday that he would announce his choice for secretary of state this morning. Several news U.S. organizations – most citing anonymous sources within Trump's transition team…

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Hale: Leaked emails can give Russia’s leaders ‘evidence’ to their population that democratization won’t solve their problems

(CBC) Maybe he's a puppet, maybe she's a puppet, maybe this whole dang system is a puppet. One way or another, experts say, if Vladimir Putin is indeed pulling the strings in this…

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