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…
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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.…
Vladimir Putin’s Decision to Run for President of Russia in 2012
Insight by PONARS Eurasia Members Originally appeared on The Monkey Cage Dmitry Gorenburg, Senior Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses There has already been some loose talk about the potential…
4 Myths of Russia’s Party System
Russia’s party system developed in a decidedly lopsided way during the 2000s. As with all things lopsided, it runs a serious risk of instability, which could occur over the next…
Andrey Makarychev: New Book, Interview
See the new book by PONARS Eurasia Member Andrey Makarychev: Russia, EU and International Society: Conceptual Models and Policy Strategies (LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011). In the book, Makarychev…
Sport and Russian Politics
Sports have performed key functions in both Soviet and Russian politics. During the Soviet era, rooting for Moscow’s Spartak soccer team was a sly way to voice opposition to…
Russia’s Conflicts on Libya
Earlier this month, the Russian Government surprised many observers by going along with UN Security Council Resolution 1973, which authorized international enforcement of a no-fly zone over Libya. Russia…
The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes: Managing Dissent in post-Communist Russia (book event)
PONARS Eurasia member Graeme Robertson presented his book, “The Politics of Protest in Hybrid Regimes: Managing Dissent in post-Communist Russia” (Cambridge University Press, December 2010), at a recent…
A More Proactive U.S. Approach to the Georgia Conflicts
New Publication & Event Recap Cory Welt, Associate Director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the Elliott School, and Samuel Charap, Associate Director for…
Are Oil Prices Linked to Reform in Russia?
PONARS Eurasia members took a closer look at the periodically-floated theory that oil barrel prices correlate with reform measures in Russia over time. Their comments were sparked by a…