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European Integration, Political Science 2332, Spring 2020 The goal of this class is to both introduce you to theoretical debates over the emergence and survival of the EU and help…
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Mariya Omelicheva
What Is Considered Extinct May Never Die: The Future of Russia-Led Organizations in Eurasia
Image credit/license Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has unsettled Central Asia. The governments of these republics have distanced themselves from the Kremlin’s military affairs and sought to…
Amplifying Voices of Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia (AVECCA)
PONARS Eurasia AVECCA Task Force What misconceptions are common about the countries and peoples of Central Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia? Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revealed some misconceptions,…
The View from the South: The War from a Central Asian and Caucasian Perspective (March 28)
As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its second month, its neighbors are feeling the effects. This panel convenes experts on Central Asia and the Caucasus to offer their view…
PONARS Online Academy
Check back regularly for new educational videos, authored by PONARS Eurasia members and designed to provide succinct overviews of policy-relevant research and contemporary scholarship on Russia and Eurasia. Each video…
Washington’s Security Assistance to Kyiv: Improving Long-Term Returns on Military Investments in Ukraine
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Since Russia’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of the Donbas in 2014, the United States has committed over $1.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine. This…
The United States and Uzbekistan: Military-to-Military Relations in a New Era of Strategic Partnership
(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) The 2016 change of power in Uzbekistan to President Shavkat Mirziyoyev prompted the deepening of cooperation between Washington and Tashkent. While rapprochement touched many areas of bilateral…
Webs of Corruption: Trafficking and Terrorism in Central Asia [NEW BOOK]
(Mariya Y. Omelicheva and Lawrence P. Markowitz) Counterterrorism experts and policy makers have warned of the peril posed by the links between violent extremism and organized crime, especially the relationship between…
The Nature and Sources of Terrorist Threat in Russia: An “Armed Underground” or ISIL?
(PONARS Policy Memo) The 2018 FIFA World Cup shifted the attention of terrorism watchers to Russia. In advance of the tournament, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)…
Routledge Handbook of Russian Foreign Policy
Providing a comprehensive overview of Russia’s foreign policy directions, this handbook brings together an international team of scholars to develop a complex treatment of Russia’s for-eign policy. The chapters draw…