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Military Mobilization in Russia’s Regions: From Protests to Submission

Image credit/license The partial mobilization announced by the Kremlin in September 2022—six months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine—triggered a significant wave of emigration and sparked protests across the country.…

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‘Foreign Agent’ Laws in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan Show Pitfalls of Turning Local Governance Issues into Geopolitical Battles

Image credit/license Geopolitics is perilous to democracy. This is the cautionary story from the recent adoption of “foreign agent” laws in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia (called “foreign representatives” by the former…

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The Roots of Spontaneous Protest in Bashkortostan

Image credit The Bashkortostan protests in January 2024 were among the largest public actions since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. While protest escalation is notoriously hard to…

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Will the Protesters Return? Civil Disobedience in the Time of Covid-19

(Political Violence at a Glance) With government bans on public gatherings as well as forceful lockdowns, experts are raising concerns about a decline in street protests while also noting an upsurge in innovative online protest tactics…

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Exclusiveness of civic nationalism: Euromaidan eventful nationalism in Ukraine

(Post-Soviet Affairs) Abstract: Based on a case study of Euromaidan Ukrainian nationalism, we argue that civic nationalism may derive more from a commitment to a particular political event than from a set…

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Taming the Leviathan: How Russians Learn to Counter the State

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Among the distinctive features of Vladimir Putin’s 20 years in power, the resurgence of the state stands apart. Considered necessary after the turbulent transition from communism in…

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How Should We Now Conceptualize Protest, Diffusion, and Regime Change?

(Journal of Conflict Resolution) Abstract: Brancati and Lucardi’s findings on the absence of “democracy protest” diffusion across borders raise important questions for the future of protest studies. I argue that…

Corruption and Scandal: Crisis in Moldova

(VICE) Moldovans have been protesting against their government for months. They allege that their leaders are deeply corrupted after a billion-dollar banking scandal hit the country in 2015. The former…

Belarus: Europe’s last dictatorship | People and Power (2018)

(Al Jazeera English) In October 2015 a presidential election was held in Belarus. It wasn’t a convincing contest and few thought that victory would go to anyone other than the…

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