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Is There More Hope or More Fear Among Russia’s Exiled Activists After the August 2024 Prisoner Swap?

Image credit/license On August 1, 2024, 26 individuals were exchanged in the largest East-West prisoner swap since the end of the Cold War. It included U.S. citizens Paul Whelan, Evan…

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‘Foreign Agent’ Laws in Georgia, Kyrgyzstan Show Pitfalls of Turning Local Governance Issues into Geopolitical Battles

Image credit/license Geopolitics is perilous to democracy. This is the cautionary story from the recent adoption of “foreign agent” laws in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia (called “foreign representatives” by the former…

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Erection and Demolition of Monuments in Russian-East European Memory Wars

Image credit/license Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, East European states have sped up or begun the removal and relocation of Soviet monuments. The Russian government has responded by placing…

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Where Is Russia’s ‘Military Keynesianism’ Headed?

Image credit/license Since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine and the Russian government’s turn to massive public spending, the term “military Keynesianism” has been increasingly used to describe…

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Political Reforms for Postwar Russia: What Russian Wartime Migrants Say

Image credit/license Should it not change the structure of its political institutions, Russia is unlikely to recover from its authoritarian legacy and will remain a persistent threat to the international…

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Bringing the Corporation Back in: How Russian Companies are Adapting to Sanctions and De-Globalization

Bringing the Corporation Back in How Russian Companies are Adapting to Sanctions and De-Globalization RSVP Here Russia’s response to the barrage of sanctions introduced since 24 February 2022 is the subject…

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The Impacts of Host- and Home-Country Political Environments on Russian Activists Abroad

Image credit/license The departure of thousands of activists from Russia since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has created opportunities for them both to engage with new constituencies…

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Can Russians Learn to Recognize Propaganda? Understanding of Media Bias Amid the Ukraine War

Image credit/license Russians seem to be trapped in an echo chamber of propaganda: The polling suggests that most Russian adults consume news through state‐controlled media. Our own research shows that…

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The 2024 BRICS Summit in Kazan: Another Russian Attempt to Regain Diplomatic Status

Image credit/license On October 22-24, 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the latest BRICS summit in Kazan. Notably, it was the first gathering of the heads of state and government…

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Despite Everything: How and Why Russia Remains an Actor in the Horn of Africa

Image credit/license The interest of major state actors in the Horn of Africa (HoA) and the Red Sea is evident in their basing strategies in the area. Djibouti is the…

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