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Preparing for the Parliamentary Elections of 2021: Russian Politics and Society (Gel’man, Lankina, Semenov, Smyth, and more)

(Russian Analytical Digest) This issue provides a broad overview of Russian politics and society in the run-up to the 2021 parliamentary elections, which are scheduled for September. In eleven shorter…

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The Pandemic in the Arctic: Common Challenges from Juneau to Murmansk

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) In addition to the obvious healthcare and economic challenges that COVID-19 presents to city governments in the Arctic region, it is also a communications and governance…

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Measuring the sustainability of Russia’s Arctic cities

(Ambio) Abstract: How sustainable are Russia’s Arctic cities? Russia’s far north metropolises are distinctive from other Arctic cities in terms of their large size, efforts to conquer nature, and big business’…

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Orttung: Arctic states can give themselves high marks for having negotiated an agreement preventing unregulated commercial fishing

(High North News) Policy makers were equally busy. The US announced that it would be withdrawing 700 American troops deployed in Norway. Working to build its own Arctic capacities, Moscow will surely…

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Urban Sustainability in the Arctic: Measuring Progress in Circumpolar Cities

(Berghahn Books) Urban Sustainability in the Arctic advances our understanding of cities in the far north by applying elements of the international standard for urban sustainability (ISO 37120) to numerous Arctic cities.…

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Putin’s Power Games | Vladimir Gel’man, Robert Orttung, Regina Smyth, and more

(Russian Analytical Digest) The topic of this issue is ‘Putin‘s Power Games.’ In it, eight authors from different institutions (Jan Matti Dollbaum, Maria Domańska, Vladimir Gel’man, Andrei Kolesnikov, Robert Orttung, Michael…

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U.S. Arctic Policymaking Under Trump and Obama: Implications for Russia and China

(PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo) Arctic policy priorities under the Obama and Trump administrations, though similar in some ways, are marked by distinct differences driven by contrasting governance styles. These differences…

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Russia Today’s strategy and effectiveness on YouTube

(Post-Soviet Affairs) (Co-authored with Elizabeth Nelson) Abstract: Many countries now operate state-funded international broadcasters, communicating directly with foreign publics to promote a variety of foreign policy goals. RT (formerly known as Russia Today) is…

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ASEEES Panel Statement About the Release of Matthew Hedges

Robert Orttung, the chair of the panel, “Islamic Politics in the North Caucasus: Regional Diversification, Diaspora, and Secular Intervention,” at the 2018 ASEEES Annual Convention, Boston, MA, made a statement,…

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Peter Reddaway’s Russia’s Domestic Security Wars: Putin’s Use of Divide and Rule Against His Hardline Allies [BOOK REVIEW]

(RAD) Peter Reddaway’s book explains how Putin stays in power by relying on the siloviki. The president has created divisions among two main groups in Russia’s key security and law enforcement…

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