Kyiv’s Creative Revolution – Maidan Dreaming
(DEUTSCHE WELLE) Ukraine’s Maidan spirit is being kept alive by a new creative scene in Kyiv, as musicians, fashion designers and artists shake off their Soviet image. Techno raves and…
Элиты: новое вино в новые мехи?
Последние два года стали переломными в кадровой политике Кремля. На фоне высочайшей популярности лидера и выхолащивания формальных институтов перестали действовать прежние правила игры, а новые до сих пор не объявлены.…
Where Time Stands Still: Special Report from Moldova’s Breakaway Transnistria
(HROMADSKE) Transnistria – a thin strip of land between Ukraine and the Dniester River in eastern Moldova where the Soviet legacy remains strong today. Since declaring itself an independent in…
The Kremlin’s New Policy Toward the US
(RAD) Abstract: Following the election of Donald Trump as president of the US, the Kremlin officially announced its conditions for improving relations between the two countries, including demands that it did…
The Role of Russia in the US Presidential Elections
(RAD) Abstract: Russia played an unusually large role in the chaotic 2016 American presidential election. President Vladimir Putin was an object of debate between the two candidates, while the Russian…
“The Dissolution of the Soviet Union: 25 Years On” – Open access articles from Taylor & Francis
To mark the 25 year anniversary of the dissolution of the USSR, Taylor & Francis has complied over 150 scholarly articles on the USSR and the post-soviet period. Many PONARS Eurasia members…
Observing Autocracies from the Ground Floor [Special Issue of Social Science Quarterly]
(J. Paul Goode and Ariel I. Ahram, eds.) This special issue explores qualitative field work methods for observing and studying authoritarian regimes. Studying authoritarian regimes can be a difficult and dangerous task,…
Post-imperial democracies and new projects of nationhood in Eurasia
(Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies). This article argues that Russia and Turkey radically reframed their projects of nation-building around the turn of the twenty-first century, and the migration patterns…
Beyond the Euromaidan: Comparative Perspectives on Advancing Reform in Ukraine [New Book]
Henry Hale and Robert Orttung’s new book, Beyond the Euromaidan: Comparative Perspectives on Reform in Ukraine, reports findings from a “dream team” of top Ukraine specialists and comparative social scientists…
Omelicheva: We need to dig deeper into Russia’s own views of international politics
(KU) As Vladimir Putin recently withdrew from a landmark nuclear agreement, policymakers and media pointed it out as the latest sign of deterioration of Russian relations with the United States. This follows…
Smyth: With Carnegie’s generous award we can enrich the training of the next generation of scholars focused on Russia
(IU Bloomington) Carnegie Corporation of New York has awarded Indiana University’s Russian and East European Institute $1 million to create a Russian Studies Workshop and bolster Russian studies at IU. With the grant,…
Ukrainian think tanks: Minsk agreement “red lines” for Kyiv
(dif.org) Ukrainian think tanks have prepared a memo for Ukrainian authorities regarding the “red lines,” i.e. the limits for compromise in the areas of political dialogue, security, and humanitarian issues that…