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Revisiting Research on Russian Media Workshop – Abstracts Day 1 (April 28)

PONARS Eurasia held a two-day workshop on April 28-29 on the theme of “Rethinking Russian Media Strategy and Influence.” Below are the panels and abstracts from April 28. Click here for…

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Publications by the Bishkek Project | Stepanova, Laruelle, Kassenova, Gavrilis

The publications on BishkekProject.com are the outcome of an international conference entitled “The Great Powers and Central Asia after Western Drawdown from Afghanistan,” which was co-hosted by Columbia University’s Harriman Institute and the OSCE Academy in…

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What New Reforms in Kazakhstan Suggest About a Future Political Transition

(World Politics Review) Kazakhstan’s parliament has approved reforms that would decentralize power in the Central Asian nation, potentially giving parliament and the Cabinet more control over key duties such as managing the economy.…

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Putin’s Regime and the Ideological Market: A Difficult Balancing Game

(Carnegie Endowment) At a time of economic stagnation, the Russian state is in need of social consensus and popular support behind the figure of President Vladimir Putin. After feeding an anti-Western…

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In Search of Putin’s Philosopher

(Intersection Project) Why Ivan Ilyin is not Putin’s Ideological Guru – Since Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000 and began reasserting Russia’s influence on the international scene, Western pundits have…

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Kadyrovism: Hardline Islam as a Tool of the Kremlin?

(Ifri) This paper analyses the phenomenon of “Kadyrovism” as a relatively coherent ideology which possesses its own internal logic and propaganda tools and which reflects the reality of Ramzan Kadyrov’s…

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Putinism as Gaullism

(oDR) The Russian state under Vladimir Putin’s leadership is often seen as a specific kind of regime, labelled by its own name, Putinism. Defining a regime by the name of its leader…

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Here’s how Trump’s election will affect U.S.-Russian relations

(Monkey Cage/WP) Contributors: Yoshiko Herrera, Andrew Kydd, Dmitry Gorenburg, Michael Kofman, Andrew Barnes, Mariya Omelicheva, Eric McGlinchey, and Marlene Laruelle. Over the course of the recent U.S. presidential campaign, Donald…

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U.S.-Russia relations in Central Asia: Change within

(Washington Times) While the US-Russia relationship has been deteriorating rapidly since 2014 and faces a new crisis with the current situation around Aleppo, the bilateral relationship in Central Asia has been relatively…

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New Mobilities and Social Changes in Russia’s Arctic Regions [New Book]

(Routledge) The world is undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in the history of mankind, and the circumpolar regions are not exempt from this global process. This evolution is linked…

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Revisiting Research on Russian Media Workshop – Abstracts Day 1 (April 28)

Publications by the Bishkek Project | Stepanova, Laruelle, Kassenova, Gavrilis

What New Reforms in Kazakhstan Suggest About a Future Political Transition

Putin’s Regime and the Ideological Market: A Difficult Balancing Game

In Search of Putin’s Philosopher

Kadyrovism: Hardline Islam as a Tool of the Kremlin?

Putinism as Gaullism

Here’s how Trump’s election will affect U.S.-Russian relations

U.S.-Russia relations in Central Asia: Change within

New Mobilities and Social Changes in Russia’s Arctic Regions [New Book]