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Mikhail Filippov

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Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science

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Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY)

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Comparative Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, European Politics, European Union Institutions, Democratic Transitions, East-Central European and Post-Soviet Politics

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After the Collapse: How to Prevent a Return to Another Variant of “Putinism”

Image credit/license Currently, nothing suggests that the Putin regime is at imminent risk of collapse. Nonetheless, it is crucial to analyze the potential political paths for Russia after Putin, as…

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Center-Regional Relations in Russia during the War: Are There Signs of Model Erosion?

Image license/credit As of fall 2023, a military stalemate had emerged between Russia and Ukraine, with no clear path to a lasting compromise acceptable to both sides failing a change…

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Russia’s Regional Governors: Backing the War, Upholding the Status Quo

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) Experts have been actively discussing the Russian domestic factors that could influence the course of the war. Considering the country’s territorial size and diversity, the stability of…

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Prevailing Soviet Legacies

(PONARS Eurasia Commentary) The “curse” of the Soviet legacy continues to permeate post-Soviet nations in many ways. For instance, the Russian leadership actively draws on the Soviet past to justify…

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Nested Games? The Inconsistencies of Russian Foreign Policy in Eurasia

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Scholars of international relations and Russian politics actively debate whether some “grand strategy” underpins Russian foreign policy choices in the Putin era. For instance, prominent American military historian…

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Russian Federalism: Informal Elite Games Against Formal Democratic Institutions

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In Russia, formal constitutional principles of federalism cannot be abolished without putting the country’s political stability at significant risk. Even the Soviet leadership could not afford to…

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