Putin’s new war on the opposition suggests he sees it as a real threat

(Washington Post) Alexei Navalny, the opposition leader who returned to Russia last week after recovering in Berlin from an attempt on his life involving a military nerve agent, presented Russian President…

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PONARS Eurasia Podcast: Russia’s Regional Elections with Graeme Robertson and Konstantin Gaaze

(PONARS Eurasia Podcast) In this week’s episode, Maria Lipman chats with Graeme Robertson (University of North Carolina professor) and Konstantin Gaaze (Carnegie Moscow Center analyst) about Russia’s September 13 regional elections…

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Putin’s support is weakening. Will that show up in Russia’s regional elections this weekend?

(Monkey Cage) On Sunday, Russia will hold regional elections. Voters will cast ballots in some 9,000 races in 83 regions, with everything from elections to fill national legislature vacancies to elections for…

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BookAuthority’s 25 “Best New International Relations Books to Read” includes Greene and Robertson’s: Putin v. the People

BookAuthority’s “25 Best New International Relations Books to Read” includes Samuel A. Greene and Graeme B. Robertson’s book, Putin v. the People: The Perilous Politics of a Divided Russia. “A fascinating, bottom-up exploration of contemporary…

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Getting the opposition together: protest coordination in authoritarian regimes

(Post-Soviet Affairs | By David Armstrong, Ora John Reuter, and Graeme Robertson) Abstract: It is widely recognized that unified oppositions present a bigger threat to dictators than divided oppositions. In this paper,…

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Putin’s power depends on his popularity. That makes him vulnerable.

(Washington Post) (Co-authored by Samuel Greene and Graeme Robertson) Russian President Vladimir Putin often seems like a tyrannical Svengali. “Putin’s power as Russia’s leader is based in fear, mystery, and propaganda,” wrote the…

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Book Review: Putin v. the People (Greene, Robertson) and We Need to Talk About Putin (Galeotti)

(The Guardian) One of the silver linings running through the dark clouds of their history is that Russians have developed a strong line in subversive political humour. In one joke…

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Vladimir Putin’s approval ratings are dropping. This is why.

(WP) (Co-authored with Graeme Robertson) By rights, Vladimir Putin should be having the time of his life. He recently won a resounding reelection to yet another six-year term, a victory…

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Revolution and Reform in Ukraine: Evaluating Four Years of Reform

By Silviya Nitsova, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Grigore Pop-Eleches, Princeton University, and Graeme Robertson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In February 2014, Ukraine grabbed the world’s attention…

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Ukrainians are getting less divided by language, not more. Here’s the research.

(WP) The journal Post-Soviet Affairs recently published a special issue on politics and identity in Ukraine. The question of Russian vs. Ukrainian identity has been central to the study of Ukrainian politics for decades…

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