Communist Legacies and Civic Participation
(Journal Article) In this article, we test the effect of communist-era legacies on the large and temporally resilient deficit in civic participation in post-communist countries. To do so, we analyze…
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Belarus Post-Election Report: Same as It Ever Was
(Report) Continuing our series of election reports in conjunction with Electoral Studies, the following post-election report on last month’s Belarusian parliamentary election is presented by Dr. Matthew Frear of…
“The Monkey Cage” named a top-25 blog site by TIME
(Time) The political science blog The Monkey Cage authored by PONARS Eurasia member Joshua Tucker (NYU) along with John Sides (GW), Erik Voeten (Georgetown), Andrew Gelman (Columbia), and Henry Farrell…
Partisan Cue Taking in Multiparty Democracies
(Journal Article) Political parties not only aggregate the policy preferences of their supporters, but also have the ability to shape those preferences. Experimental evidence demonstrates that, when parties stake out…
Polish Public Opinion Toward Russia in the Aftermath of Smolensk: An Opportunity for Improved Relations
Polish-Russian relations have long been among the thorniest in Europe, providing an often serious impediment to improving broader EU-Russian relations. The events of April 2010, beginning with Russia’s changing line…
Syria, Russia, the US, and the Implications of those Helicopters…
Josh Tucker from The Monkey Cage asked me to comment on the Russian helicopters supposedly heading to Syria. Here’s what I wrote: Yesterday’s statement by Hillary Clinton that Russia…
How to Get a Second Term in 2012: Russian Edition
How to Get a Second Term in 2012: Russian Edition (Originally published by Joshua Tucker on The Monkey Cage) I'm just back from the newly renamed Association for Slavic,…
Mayor Yuri Luzhkov
The Firing of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov: A Reader's Guide (Originally published by Joshua Tucker on The Monkey Cage) Earlier today Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev fired Moscow mayor…
Russia Spy Swap
What the Russia Spy Swap Tells Us About Russia (Originally published by Joshua Tucker on The Monkey Cage) The final chapter in the recent Russia spy scandal seems to…