Russia 47 - PONARS Eurasia

Protest in Electoral Autocracies: A New Dataset

(Post-Soviet Affairs) (Co-authored with Katerina Tertytchnaya) A growing literature explores the causes and consequences of dramatic political protests in autocracies. Yet, we know comparatively little about other forms of protests…

View

Character Assassination as Strategic Communication in EU-Russia Relations

(Springer) (Co-authored by Sergei Samoilenko) This chapter examines character assassination as a set of strategies used by conflicting parties in international affairs. Specifically, it views character assassination as strategic communication embedded in…

View

The Implications of Redrawing the Chechnya-Ingushetia Border

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The drawing of administrative borders between Chechnya and Ingushetia caused protests in Ingushetia that began in October 2018, continued until March 2019, and culminated in the resignation…

View

Two Grandiose Summits and an Unlawful Verdict in Russia Publication

(EDM) After the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) contentious jubilee summit in London last week (December 3–4) (see EDM, December 2), the fulcrum of European politics has shifted to two different summits,…

View

How to Stabilize Ukraine Long Term? Securitize Well-Being

(War on the Rocks) (Co-authored by Cynthia Buckley and Ralph Clem) What’s the best way for the United States to support Ukraine? The country is the principal arena in the high-stakes geopolitical standoff between…

View

Moscow Seeks to Sow Discord During NATO Jubilee

(EDM) Russia regularly mixes demonstrations of military might and claims of devotion to cooperation with the West as a means of weakening Western solidarity. And Moscow has been fine-tuning this conspicuously…

View

Leadership Change and Protests in Russia’s Kalmykia: Moscow’s Corruptive Meddling and Its Discontents

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In late March 2019, the head of the Republic of Kalmykia, Alexei Orlov, resigned and was swiftly replaced—the same day, in fact—by Batu Khasikov, a kickboxer and…

View

Russia’s Economic Prospects: The Perils of a Petrostate

(RAD) Russia is an ailing petrostate, but it is not clear if it is failing. It faces three sources of instability: shifts in international energy markets, the challenge of climate change,…

View

Political Farce Russian-Style: Putin Complains About Corruption

(EDM) Russia is often described in the West and by its own “non-systemic” opposition as a police state and an autocracy, and with good reason. The suppression of street protests in…

View

The Elusive Russian Nuclear Threshold

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The role of nuclear weapons in Russia’s national security policy moved to the center of attention last year following the new U.S. Nuclear Posture Review, which…

Contacts

DIGITAL RESOURCES

Knowledge Hub

RECOMMENDED

Misconceptions about Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia and Their Impact on Policy

Five Years into the War, Ukraine Is Showing Grittiness, Rebounding Confidence in War Fortunes

Russia’s Wartime Internet: A Contested Space with the Regime Still Predominant

Why Georgians Need to Take Hungarian Lessons

The ‘Don’t Lose Lukashenko’ Approach: Kyiv’s (Non-) Strategic Ambiguity Toward the Belarusian Opposition

PONARS Eurasia Podcast

Russia

Protest in Electoral Autocracies: A New Dataset

Character Assassination as Strategic Communication in EU-Russia Relations

The Implications of Redrawing the Chechnya-Ingushetia Border

Two Grandiose Summits and an Unlawful Verdict in Russia Publication

How to Stabilize Ukraine Long Term? Securitize Well-Being

Moscow Seeks to Sow Discord During NATO Jubilee

Leadership Change and Protests in Russia’s Kalmykia: Moscow’s Corruptive Meddling and Its Discontents

Russia’s Economic Prospects: The Perils of a Petrostate

Political Farce Russian-Style: Putin Complains About Corruption

The Elusive Russian Nuclear Threshold