Core Members
Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer; Senior Analyst; Associate Professor
Affiliation
Friedrich Schiller University Jena; Georgian Institute of Politics; Ilia State University
Expertise
Theories of International Relations, Foreign Policy Analysis, Global Governance
Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs
Affiliation
Wake Forest University
Links
Expertise
Nationalism, ethnic politics, security, historical legacies, political development
Jean Monnet Professor of European Security
Affiliation
National University Odessa Law Academy
Expertise
Conflict Prevention and Settlement, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Professor, Department of Regional and Analytical Studies
Affiliation
College of Security Affairs, National Defense University
Expertise
Violence, Mobilization and Security Institutions in Europe, Central Asia, India, and Mexico
Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Rowan University
Links
Expertise
State Failure, Social Movements, Russia, Central Asia
Associate Professor, Department of International Business
Affiliation
University of South Carolina
Expertise
Political Economy and Risk, Non-Market Strategies, Economic Development, Property Rights, Corporate Governance, Stakeholder Engagement
Senior Research Fellow
Affiliation
Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA)
Expertise
EU Eastern Neighborhood, Russian Policy in the Post-Soviet Space, Domestic and Foreign Policies of Belarus, Moldova, and Ukraine
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Stetson University
Links
Expertise
Comparative Politics, Comparative Foreign Policy, Authoritarianism, Environmental Politics, State-Society Relations, Civil Society and Philanthropy, Russia, China
Frederick C. Dirks Professor of International Economics
Affiliation
Middlebury College
Links
Personal Website (Bio)
Expertise
Russian economy, household and firm behavior, political economy, public opinion
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences
Affiliation
University of Ottawa
Expertise
Insurgency, Caucasus, Russia, foreign fighters, Terrorism and Counterterrorism, Civil Wars
Senior Research Fellow; Political Analyst
Affiliation
Russia Political Insight; Liberal Mission Foundation; Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy; Levada Center
Expertise
Russian Intellectual and Cultural History, Political Development, Post-Soviet History
Professor of Government
Affiliation
Wesleyan University
Expertise
Contemporary Russian Politics and Political Economy, Nationalism
Associate Professor; Leading Research Fellow
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics (HSE), St. Petersburg Branch
Expertise
Sociology, Qualitative Analysis, Culture, Communication, Ethnicity, New Media, Identity, Public Opinion, Russia, Political Discourses
Director, Russia Matters Project; Assistant Director, U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism
Affiliation
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
Links
Expertise
Russia, International Relations, International Security, Space Security, Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Military Intervention, Nuclear Programs & Terrorism
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan
Expertise
Immigration, Nationalism, Informal Politics and Administration, Russia, Kazakhstan
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg branch
Expertise
Nationalism, Ethnicity, Elections and Electoral Behavior, Theory of Modernization
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations
Affiliation
Nazarbayev University
Expertise
Comparative Politics, New Institutionalism, Political Institutions, Political Participation, Social Movements, Contentious Politics, Public Spheres
Visiting Fellow, Wider Europe Program
Affiliation
European Council on Foreign Relations
Expertise
Civil-Military Relations, Defense Reforms, Russian Security Sector and Domestic Politics, Evaluation and Impact Assessment
Links
Postdoctoral Scholar in Russian Politics
Affiliation
Columbia University
Expertise
Comparative Politics, Media, Propaganda, Disinformation, Trust, Communist Legacies, Russia, Post-Soviet States
Links
Postdoctoral Fellow, Walsh School of Foreign Service; Fellow, Illiberalism Studies Program
Affiliation
Georgetown University; George Washington University
Links
Expertise
Democratic Backsliding, Populist Actors (in East Central Europe), Russian Domestic and Foreign Policy, Russian-Ukrainian Conflict
Associate Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Affiliation
Knox College
Links
Expertise
Authoritarianism, Nationalism, Democratization, Russian and East European Politics, Research Methods, International Organizations, Comparative Politics, International Relations
Professor
Affiliation
The University of British Columbia
Expertise
Climate and Environmental Politics, Comparative Politics, Democratic Theory and Practice, Europe, Gender in Politics, International Relations, International Organizations
Assistant Professor; Co-founder, Anti-Corruption Data Collective; Associate Director, PONARS Eurasia
Affiliation
The George Washington University
Expertise
Political Economy, Business-Government Relations, Post-Soviet Politics, Corruption, Authoritarianism, Clientelism
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Affairs & School of Social Sciences and Area Studies; Visiting Scholar
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics; University of Helsinki
Expertise
Social Policy in Post-Soviet Countries, Institutional Change in Russia, Russian Non-Profit Organizations
Vice Rector, International Relations Department
Affiliation
St. Petersburg State University
Expertise
EU, Economics, Russian Foreign policy, International Political Economy