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Armenian protesters brought down a prime minister. Here’s why they’re in the streets.

(Monkey Cage/WP) (Co-authored with Mariam Matevosyan) This month, mass protests in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, have forced the prime minister to resign — and put this nation’s political future up in the air.…

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Identity Politics in Times of Crisis: Ukraine as a Critical Case | Giuliano, Hale, Kulyk, Pop-Eleches, Robertson, Shevel, and more

(Post-Soviet Affairs) Introduction: Studying identity in Ukraine—While it is common wisdom that “identity matters” in Ukrainian politics, we still lack a robust understanding of precisely when and how it matters.…

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Revolutions in Ukraine: Shaping Civic Rather Than Ethnic Identities

(PONARS Policy Memo) Since independence, politics in Ukraine has often turned on issues of identity. Ethnic and linguistic cleavages have tended to underlie political divisions and have been used by politicians to…

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The Kremlin Emboldened: How Putin Wins Support

(Journal of Democracy) (Co-authored by Samuel Greene) The Kremlin’s ability to maintain power and popularity despite an aging leader, an ailing economy, a rallying opposition, and many other domestic and international…

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Ukrainians are protesting corruption — and using a new approach. Here’s how it works.

(WP) (Co-authored by Grigore Pop-Eleches) For the last three years, Ukrainian activists have been trying to beat back systemic government corruption — but now that “Revolution of Dignity” is hanging by a…

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The most significant political science studies on Russia in 2015-2017

(HSE) Economic and political commentator Boris Grozovsky compiled a list of the most significant political science scholarship on Russia in 2015-2017. Numerous PONARS Eurasia members were among the authors listed (Vladimir Gelman, Graham…

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New wave of protests in Russia (the old and the new)

Russia faced a new wave of popular protests on June 12 challenging the political status quo and denouncing widespread corruption. Contrary to what happened during the prior protests on March…

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How Likely Is Russian Democratization and Reform?

I just got back from a great conference at the University of Helsinki and thought I’d share some of the most striking research findings presented there. Celebrating the conclusion of…

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Why are Russians protesting? Eight PONARS Eurasia experts explain

(Monkey Cage blog) Joshua Tucker asked eight PONARS Eurasia experts on Russian politics: Do the protests that took place across 99 cities in Russia on Sunday signify that meaningful change in Russian politics is likely?…

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Agreeable Authoritarians Personality and Politics in Contemporary Russia

(CPS) (Co-authored with Graeme Robertson) Abstract: Personality research is a growing field in political behavior, but most research to date is confined to democracies. We expand the scope to Russia, an…

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