The Collapse of the Soviet Union | PONARS Eurasia Online Academy
It has been thirty years since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Its legacies are still present in the political, social, and ideological landscape of today’s Russia and the former…
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Kramer: Mr. Bukovsky emerged from his experience in the Soviet Union looking like such a remarkably admirable figure because he stuck to his principles
(Washington Post) hen Vladimir Bukovsky was released from a Soviet prison in 1976 in an event that drew front-page headlines around the world, he was 33 years old and had already…
Homo Post-Sovieticus: Reconstructing Citizenship in Russia
(Social Research) Abstract: It Seems odd to speak of transition in Russia. The problem is not just with the term itself, loaded as it is with normative expectations that Russia and…
Levitsky and Way show that regimes spawned by popular revolutions usually share four attributes that enhance their durability
(The Atlantic) “When your enemy is making a mistake,” Napoleon purportedly cautioned, “never interrupt him.” In recent months the Islamic Republic of Iran has been battered by accumulating crises—including a collapsing currency,…