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Economic Challenges Facing Russia and Eurasia

Join us for an upcoming PONARS Eurasia event discussing the current economic challenges facing Russia and Eurasia. Speakers: Tymofiy Mylovanov (Kyiv School of Economics) Maria Omelicheva (National War College, National…

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Special Issue: Russia’s 2020 Constitutional Reform: The Politics of Institutionalizing the Status-Quo

(Russian Politics) The articles in this issue explore the longer-term implications of Russia’s 2020 Constitutional Reform process. Assessing constitutional change from different theoretical and empirical approaches, these authors find that…

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COVID-19 in Russia: What Russians Expected, What They Got, and What They Think About It

The coronavirus pandemic in Russia posed the same myriad challenges as in many countries: a devastating loss of life, strained healthcare resources, and an economic crisis. In Russia’s case, the…

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Russian Social Policy in the COVID-19 Era with Sokhey and Paneyakh

In 2020’s final episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Sarah Wilson Sokhey and Ella Paneyakh to discuss Russian social policy in the COVID-19 era, and public perception of Russia’s overall pandemic response.…

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Social Policy & Regime Type

(PONARS Eurasia) Providing things like healthcare and education are among the most basic services that modern governments provide. This makes the study of what is sometimes lumped together as the…

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When Does Corruption Matter?

(PONARS Eurasia) Corruption coupled with related economic stagnation has spurred waves of recent protests in countries like Russia in 2017 and, more recently, in Armenia in April 2018. But commentators…

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Big Lessons About the Global Economy Emerge at ASEEES

What can post-communist Europe teach us about the global economy? A lot, as revealed by research presented at the recent annual ASEEES conference in Chicago. First, businesspeople who win elected office do…

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Understanding Authoritarian Politics: Insights from ASEEES

Russia’s possible involvement in the recent U.S. election (and with American politicians) has renewed interest in Russian politics in the United States. Many Americans, however, are unfamiliar with how authoritarian…

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Russian Studies is Thriving at ASEEES

Timothy Frye’s assertion last month in The National Interest that Russian studies are thriving, not dying was soundly confirmed at the annual ASEEES conference this past weekend. More than 3,000 area…

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This is why the West should pay attention to the drama in Macedonia

(Monkey Cage) (Co-authored by D. Gjukovikj) A series of dramatic events have been unfolding in the small and historically peaceful Balkan country of Macedonia. Although these events have received much…

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