Annual Policy Conference Multimedia
Videos of two panel sessions from the September 23-24, 2013, PONARS Eurasia policy conference are now available online: Russian Protests: Motivations and Mechanisms September 23, 2013 Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego…
New Policy Memo: New Media, Political Information, and Opposition Views in Russia: A Cautionary Note Based on Survey Evidence
Access to the internet has grown at an exponential rate in Russia during the last four years, and many commentators have ascribed a mobilizing role to the new media in…
New Policy Memo: Beyond the Polls: Google Queries and Public Protest Volatility in Russia
Declining satisfaction with a country’s direction—a measure that typically tracks with declining public support for a government in power—has been shown to precede mass anti-government protest, as the Arab Spring…
Is “Non-Western Theory” Possible? The Idea of Multipolarity and the Trap of Epistemological Relativism in Russian IR
(Journal Article) Abstract: An important recent development in the discipline of International Relations (IR) has been the growing interest in the national schools and “non-core” theorizing. Even though this interest…
The Right Case for European Conventional Arms Control in 2013
When raising the topic of European conventional arms control (CAC) these days in Washington, one should be prepared for quizzical expressions from interlocutors. With crises in Syria and Iran, the…
New Policy Memo: Putin’s Crackdown: Sources, Instruments, and Challenges
The government of President Vladimir Putin has tightened the screws on Russian society since his return to the Kremlin in May 2012. This crackdown has been carried out by the…
New Policy Memo: Civil Society and the Second “Putinshchina”
In the first year of Vladimir Putin’s second presidency, apparently in response to the mass demonstrations of the last election cycle, the Kremlin launched a comprehensive campaign to intimidate, stigmatize,…
New Policy Memo: From a Normal Country to Normal Authoritarianism
In order to maintain Vladimir Putin’s hybrid political regime, it is constantly necessary to reconcile the interests and conflicts of various subsystems “by hand.” If this is not done, internal…
New Policy Memo: A New Explanation for Russian Foreign Policy
When most analysts look at Russian foreign policy today, they treat Russia as if it is a unified state with a meaningful strategy and clear goals. They focus on Russian…
Online Symposium (DAG-3QD): The Elusive Quest for Political Stability in Central Asia and Beyond
We are pleased to draw your attention to the online quarterly DAG-3QD Peace and Justice Symposium: The Elusive Quest for Political Stability in Central Asia and Beyond, with Alexander Cooley,…
Book Prize Awarded to Harris Mylonas
The Katzenstein Prize recognizes an outstanding first book in International Relations, Comparative Politics, or Political Economy. The selection committee is pleased to announce the recipient of the first annual Peter…
Предвыборный эндшпиль
Предвыборный эндшпиль Избирательная кампания в нескольких десятках регионов России, кульминацией которой станут выборы 8 сентября, проходит на фоне сложных процессов, определяющих собой современный момент российской политики. В восьми регионах будут избирать…