What Have We Learned from Putin’s First Year of His Fourth Term?
Kirill Rogov (Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy) discusses how President Vladimir Putin’s fourth term will be affected by his declining approval ratings and economic stagnation.
What Have We Learned from Putin’s First Year of His Fourth Term?
Kirill Rogov (Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy) discusses how President Vladimir Putin’s fourth term will be affected by his declining approval ratings and economic stagnation.
Russia’s Changing Role in the Post-Soviet Space
Irina Busygina (Higher School of Economics) discusses how the Ukraine crisis affected Russia’s role in the post-Soviet space and the future of the Eurasian Economic Union.
Social Policy in Putin’s (Last?) Term
Sarah Wilson Sokhey (University of Colorado Boulder) examines what President Vladimir Putin has promised for his current term and whether he will be able to deliver on those promises given…
Ukraine’s “Civil War”?
Jesse Driscoll (University of California San Diego) explains why he believes characterizing the fighting in Ukraine’s Donbas as “civil war” might help settle the conflict, ultimately in Ukraine’s favor
Putin’s Fourth Term: Breakthrough or Stagnation?
Brian Taylor (Syracuse University) discusses the likelihood of Putin achieving his domestic policy goals during his fourth term and the political obstacles that inhibit economic growth in Russia.
HIV/AIDS in Russia
Judy Twigg (Virginia Commonwealth University) discusses the strategies the Russian government is pursuing to address the accelerating HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russia and why the situation should be of concern to the…
Goals, Plans, and Indicators: How Kazakh Bureaucrats Implement the State Developmental Agenda
Dinissa Duvanova (Lehigh University) discusses “regulatory discretion and discretionary regulation” in former communist states based on her recent field research in Kazakhstan
Developments in Russian Politics 9 (9th Edition)
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Nationalist Radicalization Trends in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine
Volodymyr Ishchenko (Kiev Polytechnic Institute) challenges the assumption that Ukraine since EuroMaidan has become a more cohesive and united civic nation and discusses why nationalistic trends are intensifying in Ukraine.
Religion, National Identity and Geopolitics: Kyiv And Moscow Clash Over the Constantinople Patriarchay’s Decision on Ukrainian Autocephaly
Volodymyr Kulyk (National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine) discusses the changes in ethnonational identities in Ukraine, the controversial new Ukrainian educational law, and Kyiv’s effort to obtain autocephaly.
Why Authoritarianism Is Impossible in Ukraine
Yuriy Matsiyevsky (Ostroh Academy National University) discusses the structural, societal and institutional impediments to the development of a consolidated authoritarian regime in Ukraine.