Membership List
Research Professor
Affiliation
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Expertise
Russia, Military Reform, Caucasus, Central Asia, Energy, NATO
Senior Political Scientist
Affiliation
RAND Corporation, Washington Office
Links
Expertise
Political Economy and Foreign Policies of Russia and Former Soviet States, European and Eurasian Regional Security, Deterrence, Strategic Stability, Arms Control
Head of the Department, Professor, Political Science
Affiliation
Kharkiv National University
Links
Kharkiv National University (Bio), Department (Bio)
Expertise
Ukraine, Nationalism, Comparative Politics
Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy
Affiliation
Columbia University
Expertise
Foreign Policy, Property Rights, Rule of Law, Financial Markets
Professor, Political Science
Affiliation
European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP); Aleksanteri Institute, University of Helsinki
Expertise
Russia, Comparative Politics, Elections, Corruption, Rule of Law
McMillan Chair in Russian Studies and Associate Professor
Affiliation
Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (EURUS), Carleton University, Canada
Links
Expertise
Nationalism, Ethnic Politics, Hybrid Regimes, Regionalism, Post-Soviet Region
Vice Provost for International Affairs; Director of the Reves Center for International Studies
Affiliation
College of William & Mary
Expertise
Ideology, Elections, Political Science, Sociology
Professor, Founding Director of the Kyiv Mohyla University School of Policy Analysis; Research Director
Affiliation
National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Democratic Initiatives Foundation (DIF)
Links
Expertise
Ukraine, Regional Politics, Elections
Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Expertise
Comparative Politics, Identity, Institutional Change, Post-Socialist Economic Transitions, Nationalism, Regionalism, Security
Research Fellow
Affiliation
Helsinki Collegium of Advanced Studies
Links
Expertise
International Relations Theory, Qualitative Research Methods, Identity
Professor of Political Science and Director of the Digital Islamic Studies Curriculum
Affiliation
University of Michigan
Expertise
Comparative Politics, Methodology, Political Science, former Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan
Senior Fellow; Director, Program on Central Asia
Affiliation
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Expertise
Central Asian and Asian Security, Eurasian Geopolitics and Energy
Associate Professor, Department of Geography
Affiliation
Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University
Links
Expertise
Central Asia, Authoritarianism, Geopolitics, Nationalism, Urban Geography, Environmental Politics
Director, Cold War Studies Program; Senior Fellow
Affiliation
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Links
Expertise
Russia, Eurasia, Politics, Conflict, Terrorism, North Caucasus, Energy, Cold War, Archives, Arms Control, Human Rights, Protest
Research Professor of International Affairs and Political Science; Director, Illiberalism Studies Program; Co-director, PONARS Eurasia
Affiliation
Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Expertise
Ideology, Political Philosophy, Nationalism, Far Right, Extremism, Populism, Illiberalism, Great Power Competition, Russia, Europe, Arctic, Central Asia
Associate Professor, Political Science and Legal Studies, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Expertise
Law Enforcement Agencies (Police and Prosecutors), Human Trafficking, Post-Soviet Politics, Russia, Comparative and International Law, Human Rights
Associate Professor of World Politics and Research Fellow at the Center for Post-Soviet Studies
Affiliation
Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
Links
Expertise
Russian and Eurasian Security Politics in Eurasia, Russian Regional Organizations
Senior Research Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Programme; Professor, Political Science Department
Affiliation
Chatham House, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London; Higher School of Economics, Moscow
Links
Expertise
Russia, Politics, Elites, Elections, Regions, Geography
Director, Russian Nuclear Forces Project
Affiliation
Russian Nuclear Forces Project, Geneva; UN Institute for Disarmament Research; Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University
Expertise
Military, Arms Control, Nuclear Forces, Technology, Russia
Research Director; Adjunct Research Professor
Affiliation
Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, Berlin; Carleton University, Ottawa; Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow; New Economic School, Moscow (Professor Emeritus)
Expertise
Economics of Development and Transition, Economic Growth, Russia, China
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
McGill University, Montreal
Links
Expertise
Post-Communist Courts, Corruption, Russia, Ukraine, Balkans
Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science
Affiliation
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Links
Expertise
Russian Politics, Democratization, Elections, Political Parties, Political Economy, Regional Politics
Professor, Head of the Department of Political Theory
Affiliation
Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Expertise
U.S.-Russian Relations, Security Studies, Institutions, Ethnopolitical Conflicts
Research Fellow
Affiliation
Institute for Archaeology and Ethnography, National Academy of Sciences, Armenia
Expertise
Ethnographic Method, Economic Anthropology, Gender Studies, Russia, Caucasus, Migration
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Tufts University
Links
Expertise
Russia, Ukraine, Migration, Refugees, State-Building, Citizenship, International Institutions, Democratization
Senior Fellow
Affiliation
Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non‑Proliferation, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Expertise
Russian-U.S. Relations, Nuclear Command and Control, Communications and Intelligence, Missile Systems, Kosovo, NATO
Sam Nunn Professor and Chair in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs
Affiliation
Georgia Institute of Technology
Expertise
Defense Transformation, Emerging Technology & International Security, Geopolitics of Energy, Illicit Nuclear Trafficking, International Security Policy, Nuclear & Nonproliferation
Links
Executive Director
Affiliation
International Renaissance Foundation (Kyiv)
Expertise
Ukraine, EU, NATO, Security
Professor of International Relations, Dean of College of Administrative Sciences and Economics, Director of Graduate School of Business
Affiliation
Koç University, Istanbul
Links
Expertise
International Relations and Strategy, International Affairs of Eurasia and the Middle East, Foreign Policy Analysis, Energy and Natural Resource Politics, Sustainable Development, Turkish Foreign Policy, International Conflict and Cooperation, European Security and Foreign Policy
Associate Research Professor
Affiliation
Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University
Expertise
Ethnic Politics, Politics of Post-Soviet Countries, Nationalism, Islam, and Conflict Resolution
Rector and Professor
Affiliation
Kyiv School of Economics
Links
Expertise
Ethnopolitical Conflicts, Post-Communist Transformations, Post-Soviet Institutions, Elites and Identities, Media Development, Migration, Sovereignty, Governance
Executive Director
Affiliation
Ilko Kucheriv Democratic Initiatives foundation (DIF), Ukraine
Expertise
History, Comparative Analysis, Constitutional Law, Security Policy, Energy Policy, International Relations, Propaganda
Professor and Chair, Department of Politics
Affiliation
Oberlin College
Links
Expertise
Politics, Russian and East European Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies
Associate Professor, Political Science; Chair, Global Leadership Institute
Affiliation
University of California San Diego
Expertise
Warlords and Coalition Politics in Post-Soviet States, Central Asia, Caucasus, Russian-Speaking World
Lecturer, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies; Visiting Research Associate, Weiser Center for Emerging Democracies
Affiliation
University of Michigan; Stanford University
Expertise
Authoritarianism, State-Society Relations, State Capacity, Civil Society, Contemporary Russia
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Oklahoma State University
Expertise
Non-Democratic Politics, Electoral Manipulation, Post-Communist Politics, Protest
Professor of Government and Acting Chair of Russian Department
Affiliation
Bowdoin College
Links
Expertise
Russian Politics, Eastern Europe, Environmental Politics, Social Movements, Civil Society, BRICS, Arctic, Environmental and Climate Politics, Indigenous Rights
Assistant Professor of Conflict Management
Affiliation
Kennesaw State University
Links
Expertise
Genocide and Mass Atrocities, Emerging Technologies and Disinformation, Post-Conflict Reconstruction, War-Related Environmental Degradation, Ukraine, Russia
Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Marketing, Communications, and Branding
Affiliation
School of Economics and Management, Ural Federal University, Yekaterinburg
Expertise
Tolerance and Xenophobia, Attitudes toward Immigrants, Religion in Public Spaces, Emancipative Values, Media Discourses, Comparative Research, Quantitative Methods
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Miami University, OH
Expertise
International Relations, Ethnography, Political Demography, Migrants’ Identity Evolution, Self-Legitimation of Authoritarian Governments, Politics of Memory in Autocracies
Research Fellow, Institute of Slavic Studies
Affiliation
Freie Universität Berlin
Expertise
Political Sociology, Social Movements, Political violence, Nationalism, Marxism, Civil Society, Politics of Memory, Far Right, Far Left
Founding Director, Caucasus Institute
Affiliation
Caucasus Institute, Armenia
Links
Expertise
Ethnopolitical Conflicts, Post-Communist Transformations, Post-Soviet Institutions, Elites and Identities, Media Development, Migration, Sovereignty, Governance
Jean Monnet Professor of European Security
Affiliation
National University Odessa Law Academy
Expertise
Conflict Prevention and Settlement, Post-Conflict Reconstruction
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
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
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
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg branch
Expertise
Nationalism, Ethnicity, Elections and Electoral Behavior, Theory of Modernization
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
Vice Rector, International Relations Department
Affiliation
St. Petersburg State University
Expertise
EU, Economics, Russian Foreign policy, International Political Economy
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
University of Notre Dame
Expertise
Comparative and International Political Economy, Post-Soviet Transitions (Russia in particular), Food and Agricultural Systems
Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
San Diego State University
Expertise
Ukraine, Russia, Caucasus, Politics, Interstate and Internal Wars, Nationalism, Ethnic Relations, Immigration in Russia/Eurasia
Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow, Government Department
Affiliation
Claremont McKenna College
Expertise
Political Economy, Post-Communist Transitions, Russian Politics, West and East European Politics
Associate Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Muskingum University
Expertise
Comparative Politics, International Relations, Nationalism, Cossack Movements, Ethnic Violence, Hate Crimes
Visiting Scholar
Affiliation
Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Expertise
Russia-EU Relations, Russian Politics, Russian Foreign Policy, Comparative Federalism and Regionalism
Associate Professor, Department of International Relations
Affiliation
Mechnikov National University, Odessa; Tufts University
Expertise
Ukraine, Transatlantic Relations, EU
Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Binghamton University, State University of New York (SUNY)
Expertise
Comparative Federalism, Intergovernmental Relations, European Politics, European Union Institutions, Democratic Transitions, East-Central European and Post-Soviet Politics
Professor of Sociology
Affiliation
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Expertise
Sociology, Statistics, Demography, Migration, Contemporary Russian Society
Associate Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
University of Notre Dame
Expertise
Russia, Institutions, Public Health, Climate Change, Mass Political Behavior, Survey Research
Professor of Political Science; Director of the Jean Monnet Centre Montréal
Affiliation
McGill University, Montreal
Links
Expertise
Post-Communist Financial systems, Russian and Eastern European Politics, Institutionalist Theories, Identity, International Political Economy
Director; Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Georgian Institute of Politics; Tbilisi State University
Expertise
Caucasus, Russia, Turkey, EU, Security, Politics
Associate Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
Baylor University
Links
Expertise
Ukraine, Institutions, Civil Society, Conflict Resolution, Political Science, Historical Institutionalism, Post-Socialist Societies
Professor and Head Research Fellow
Affiliation
Kuras Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Science of Ukraine; Ukrainian Free University; Ukrainian Research Institute, Harvard University
Expertise
Language Politics, Memory, Nationalism, Media, Discourse, Ukraine
Professor; Political Sciences Department; Director, Department Development Partnership Program
Affiliation
European University at St. Petersburg (EUSP)
Expertise
History, U.S.-Russian Relations & Policy, Education
Professor
Affiliation
The London School of Economics and Political Science
Expertise
Regionalism, Federalism, Governance, Russia, India, China, Legacies of Colonialism and Empire, Democratization
Professor of Regional Political Studies
Affiliation
Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia
Expertise
Russian Foreign and Security Policies, EU-Russian Relations, Foreign Policy Discourses, Regionalism and Federalism, Sport Mega events
Associate Professor, Schar School of Policy and Government
Affiliation
George Mason University
Expertise
Central Asia, Civil Society, Islam, Comparative Politics, Central Asian Regime Change, Political Islam, Information Communication Technology
Professor, Department of Political Science
Affiliation
Case Western Reserve University
Links
Expertise
Democratization, Political Economy, Local Politics, Corruption, Political Legitimacy, Postcommunist Politics, Russia, Central Asia
Professor of National Security Strategy
Affiliation
National War College, National Defense University
Expertise
Russia, Central Asia, Georgia, Foreign Policy, Critical Geopolitics, Counter Terrorism, Human Rights, Democracy Promotion
Research Professor of International Affairs, IERES; Director of Research, Sustainable GW
Affiliation
The George Washington University
Expertise
Russia, Energy, Corruption, Institutions, Arctic
Professor of Political Science
Affiliation
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Expertise
Russian Politics, Labor, Hybrid and Authoritarian Regimes, Civil Society, EU
Professor, Political Science
Affiliation
Indiana University
Links
Expertise
Russia, Eurasia, Elections, Political Parties and Party Systems, Power Centers
Associate Professor
Affiliation
University of Colorado Boulder
Expertise
Business-State Relations, Comparative Politics, Economic Reform, Pension Reform, Social Policy, Central Asia, Russia
Professor of Practice
Affiliation
Visiting Scholar, Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Harvard University
Expertise
International Security, Negotiation Theory, Russian Foreign Policy, Russia’s Relations with Neighboring States, Relations with EU and the US
Professor, Department of Russian and Slavic Studies; Co-director, NYU Center for Social Media and Politics (CSMaP)
Affiliation
Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia, New York University
Expertise
Russia, Politics, Public Opinion, Comparative Political Behavior, Elections, Post-Communist Politics, Social Media and Politics, Data Science
Visiting Research Fellow, Faculty of Social Sciences
Affiliation
Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies, University of Tartu, Estonia
Expertise
Russia, Tatarstan, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Mega-Events, Post-Soviet Urban Transformations, Nation-Building, Identities, Ukraine, Estonia