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Pressure Points: The Syria Intervention as an Instrument of Russia’s EU Policy

(PONARS Policy Memo) The U.S. missile strike on Syria’s al-Shayrat airbase may not signify a major change in the course of the tragic civil war (as it had momentarily seemed), but…

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Marten on PBS Newshour: Assessing the aftermath of U.S. airstrikes in Syria

(PBS Newshour) Syrian officials on Saturday surveyed the damage caused by recent U.S. military strikes on a government airfield that were in retaliation to a chemical attack on Syrian civilians. American…

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Finkel: Many Soviet/post-Soviet US immigrants embrace Republican values to escape “anything that smacks of socialism”

(Business Insider) During the last election, many of the 800,000 Russian speakers in the US embraced Trump out of disgust for the socialist values that made them flee the Soviet republics. Particularly…

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The US airstrike in Syria and Russia

(RMR) Yesterday's US airstrikes on the Al Shayrat airfield near Homs seems to have been calculated to allow the Trump administration to appear to be acting decisively without necessarily getting…

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Power, Status, and Entanglement: Russia’s Evolving Approach to Multilateral Institutions

(Russian Politics & Law) Guest Editor’s Introduction—Over the past quarter century Russia’s strategy within multilateral organizations has been largely driven by considerations of power, status, and entanglement. In the 1990s, president…

Political and Social Attitudes of Russia’s Muslims: Caliphate, Kadyrovism, or Kasha?

(PONARS Policy Memo) Russia has the largest Muslim population of any European country. Although precise numbers are lacking, estimates usually range from 16-20 million. To what extent do Russia’s Muslims represent…

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Who Defects? Unpacking a Defection Cascade from Russia’s Dominant Party 2008–12

(APSA) (Co-authored with T. Colton) Abstract: Under what conditions do individuals withdraw support from dominant parties in nondemocratic regimes? Employing an original panel survey, we measure the same individuals’ support…

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Property Rights and Property Wrongs: How Power, Institutions, and Norms Shape Economic Conflict in Russia (New Book)

Secure property rights are central to economic development and stable government, yet difficult to create. Relying on surveys in Russia from 2000 to 2012, Timothy Frye examines how political power,…

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Putin Demands Improved Russia-US Relations

(EDM) “Big mistake”—that was how Russian President Vladimir Putin recently described the determined efforts in the United States to investigate Russia’s interference in the US elections last year. He characterized…

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Remembering Boris Nemtsov and Reflecting upon Russian History

(PRIO) Five years ago, Boris Nemtsov, one of the leaders of Russian liberal opposition, visited Oslo and made his cause for several audiences, who now remember his passion and joy. There is…

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Pressure Points: The Syria Intervention as an Instrument of Russia’s EU Policy

Marten on PBS Newshour: Assessing the aftermath of U.S. airstrikes in Syria

Finkel: Many Soviet/post-Soviet US immigrants embrace Republican values to escape “anything that smacks of socialism”

The US airstrike in Syria and Russia

Power, Status, and Entanglement: Russia’s Evolving Approach to Multilateral Institutions

Political and Social Attitudes of Russia’s Muslims: Caliphate, Kadyrovism, or Kasha?

Who Defects? Unpacking a Defection Cascade from Russia’s Dominant Party 2008–12

Property Rights and Property Wrongs: How Power, Institutions, and Norms Shape Economic Conflict in Russia (New Book)

Putin Demands Improved Russia-US Relations

Remembering Boris Nemtsov and Reflecting upon Russian History