As Russia Prepares for Protests, New Media Battle the Old
(Freedom House) Writing on the revolutions of Central Europe in the New York Review of Books two decades ago, scholar Timothy Garton Ash made the observation that “the crucial medium…
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State Building in Putin’s Russia (Book Review)
State Building in Putin's Russia Policing and Coercion after Communism Cambridge University Press (2011) by Brian D. Taylor Syracuse Univesity "In this important study of the power ministries in Russia…
The Audacity of Russia’s Voters
Elections were held in Russia last week for the lower house of the State Duma. Reports of election fraud as well as discontent with the current government led to…
Interview with Henry E. Hale on the Russian Duma Election (Video, GWU)
Henry E. Hale, PONARS Eurasia member and director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the George Washington University, discusses the recent Duma elections in Russia,…
Dealing With a Post-BRIC Russia
(Report) See the European Council on Foreign Relations report: Dealing With a Post-BRIC Russia, by PONARS Eurasia member Nicu Popescu, Ben Judah, and Jana Kobzova. – Javier Solana, former EU…
PONARS Eurasia Event / Book Launch – “Russia in the 2000s: A Stereoscopic View”
New publication: Россия "двухтысячных": Стереоскопический взгляд/Коллективная монография под общей ред Генри Хейла и Ивана Куриллы, Планета, 2011 ("Russia in the 2000s: A Stereoscopic View, edited by Henry Hale and…
Eurasian Union
On October 4, Izvestia published an article on the front page, written by Vladimir Putin in which he outlines plans for the creation of a Eurasian Union. Putin describes…
The Past and Future Putin
By Mark Kramer (Op-ed) The New York Times, September 30, 2011 Forty years ago The Who recorded “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” with the memorable lines “Meet the new boss /…
In Russia, Turning Back the Clock
(Op-ed) The New York Times, September 29, 2011 On Saturday, the world learned that Vladimir V. Putin, Russia’s current prime minister and former president, will return to the Kremlin in…
Putin 2012: Castle, Kingside
“The elections will be organized strictly in accordance with the law and better than in most countries of Western Europe.” – Vladimir Churov, Head of the Central Electoral Commission.…