The Role of Authoritarian State-Run Media
(Event Video) Despite the rapid rise of the Internet and social media, governments in places as diverse as China, Russia, Azerbaijan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, and Iran are finding stubbornly effective ways…
See the Latest Policy Memos
Topics include: Ukraine’s Road to European Integration (Olexiy Haran, Maria Zolkina) Russia’s Policy on International Interventions (Yulia Nikitina) The EU in Eastern Europe (Andrey Makarychev, Andrey Devyatkov) Armenia between Moscow…
Lord of the (Five) Rings: Issues at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games
The articles in this special issue of Problems of Post-Communism are written by some of the foremost experts on Russian politics from Russia, the United States, and Europe. PONARS Eurasia members Sufian…
Russian Federation 2014: Short-Term Prognosis
(Publication) Russia has not been static, monolithic and uniform. Russia’s economy has grown to become the six largest in the world, fuelling a corresponding rise in its ambitions. Russia’s desire…
EU-Russia: Facing Stagnation
(Policy Brief) For the best part of the last two decades, EU-Russia summits have alternated between being upbeat events where new grand integration initiatives were launched – the creation of…
Civilizations Reframed: Towards a Theoretical Upgrade for a Stalled Paradigm
(Journal Article) Relative to their perceived importance in international and domestic politics, civilizations are radically understudied by social scientists. One possible cause is that existing research on civilizations is too…
The Challenges of Nation-Building in the Syrian Arab Republic
(POMEPS Briefing) Syria’s ongoing existential conflict is arguably related to its nation-building trajectory starting in the beginning of the twentieth century. What can theories of nation-building and state formation tell…
In Memory of Russian Expert on Afghanistan Victor G. Korgun
When it comes to expertise on Afghanistan, not many look east. Those who did will have discovered Russian Viktor Korgun who, as we were sad to learn today, has passed…
В России вышла книга «Закат империи США»
Валлерстайн предсказывает скорое наступление многополярного мира. США остаются крупнейшей экономикой мира, но они вооружены и опасны. Мы имеем дело не просто со стареющей сверхдержавой, спокойно отходящей ко сну. Мы оказались…
The 2014 Sochi Olympics and Russia’s Civil Society
(By Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov) This article examines the impact of mega-events on civil society. Based on a case study of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, it concludes that mega-events provide…
The Orange Chronicles
(DK PRODUCTIONS) The 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine was a massive demonstration of people for democracy and against electoral fraud. Millions braved freezing weather conditions to fight against stolen elections.…
New Policy Memo: Why Russia Undermines the Norm of Nuclear Disarmament
Russia is one of the founding fathers of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) and continues to play a major role in its framework today. Together with the United States, Moscow…