PONARS Eurasia is an international network of scholars advancing new approaches to research on security, politics, economics, and society in Russia and Eurasia. The program is located at IERES at George Washington University.
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The Putin-Xi Summit: What's New In Their Joint Communique ?
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In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman speaks with Russian China experts Vita Spivak and Alexander Gabuev about the February meeting between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, and what it may tell us about where the Russian-Chinese relationship is headed.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Exploring the Russian Courts' Ruling to Liquidate the Memorial Society
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In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with scholars Kelly Smith and Benjamin Nathans about the history, achievements, and impending shutdown of the Memorial Society, Russia's oldest and most venerable civic organization, and what its imminent liquidation portends for the Russian civil society.…
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Russia's 2021 census and the Kremlin's nationalities policy [Lipman Series 2021]
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In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with social scientist Andrey Shcherbak about the quality of the data collected in the recent population census and the goals of Vladimir Putin's government's nationalities policyעל ידי PONARS Staff
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Active citizens of any kind are under threat [Lipman Series 2021]
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In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Alexander Verkhovsky about the Kremlin's ever-expanding toolkit of measures to repress political and civic activists, journalists, and other dissidents.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Russia's Legislative Elections followup [Lipman Series 2021]
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In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Tanya Lokot and Nikolay Petrov about the results of Russia’s legislative elections and about what comes next.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Why Is the Kremlin Nervous? [Lipman Series 2021]
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In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Ben Noble and Nikolay Petrov about Russia’s September 17-19 legislative elections, repressive measures against electoral challengers, and whether to expect anything other than preordained results.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Vaccine Hesitancy in Russia, France, and the United States [Lipman Series 2021]
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In this week's PONARS Eurasia Podcast episode, Maria Lipman chats with Denis Volkov, Naira Davlashyan, and Peter Slevin about why COVID-19 vaccination rates are still so low across the globe, comparing vaccine hesitant constituencies across Russia, France, and the United States.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Is Russia Becoming More Soviet? [Lipman Series 2021]
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In a new PONARS Eurasia Podcast episode, Maria Lipman chats with Maxim Trudolyubov about the current tightening of the Russian political sphere, asking whether or not it’s helpful to draw comparisons to the late Soviet period.
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The Evolution of Russia's Political Regime [Lipman Series 2021]
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In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Grigory Golosov and Henry Hale about the evolution of Russia's political regime, and what to expect in the lead-up to September's Duma elections.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Volodymyr Zelensky: Year Two [Lipman Series 2021]
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In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Sergiy Kudelia and Georgiy Kasianov about Ukrainian President Zelensky's second year in office, and how he has handled the political turbulence of the past year.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Constructing the Myth of Russia's "Wild" Nineties [Lipman Series 2021]
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In today's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Olga Malinova about the myth of the "wild nineties" and the political actors involved in its construction.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Music and Politics in Contemporary Russia [Lipman Series 2021]
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In this week's PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Alexander Gorbachev about the dynamic music scene in contemporary Russia, and how free Russian musicians are to make political statements.על ידי PONARS Staff
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How is the Russian Government Coping with Rising Food Prices? [Lipman Series 2021]
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In this week's PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Anton Tabakh about rising food prices in Russia, and what they might mean for Russia's current and future stability.על ידי PONARS Staff
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The Communist Party of the Russian Federation: More Than Just Systemic Opposition? [Lipman Series 2021]
In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Felix Light and Nikolay Petrov about the contemporary Communist Party of the Russian Federation, including the divisions between its leadership and membership, its attitude toward Alexei Navalny, and why it might be more than just "systemic" opposition after all.…
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Internet Resources: Civic Communication and State Surveillance [Lipman Series 2021]
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In this week's PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Andrei Soldatov and Tanya Lokot about the role of the internet in contemporary Russian politics, including both as a tool of the Russian opposition and as an instrument of the increasingly repressive Russian regime.
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The Rise of Alexei Navalny's Political Stature and Mass Protest in Russia [Lipman Series 2021]
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In the first PONARS Eurasia Podcast of 2021, Maria Lipman chats with Greg Yudin about the current protests taking place in Russia, and what Alexei Navalny's growing popular support means for the Putin regime.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Russian Social Policy in the COVID-19 Era [Lipman Series 2020]
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In 2020’s final episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Sarah Wilson Sokhey and Ella Paneyakh to discuss Russian social policy in the COVID-19 era, and public perception of Russia’s overall pandemic response.
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Conscious Parenting Practices in Contemporary Russia [Lipman Series 2020]
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In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Julia Yuzbasheva and Maria Danilova to learn more about the proliferation of "conscious parenting" practices in contemporary Russian society.על ידי PONARS Staff
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The Transformation of Belarussian Society [Lipman Series 2020]
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In this episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Masha Lipman chats with Grigory Ioffe about the long-term and short-term factors that led up to the current protests in Belarus, and the ongoing transformation of Belarussian society.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Russian Lawmakers Adjust National Legislation to the Revised Constitutional Framework [Lipman Series 2020]
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In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Ben Noble and Nikolay Petrov about ongoing changes to Russia’s national legislation based on the recently revised constitutional framework, and what these changes portend for the 2021 Duma election.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Russia's Regional Elections [Lipman Series 2020]
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In this week’s PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Graeme Robertson and Konstantin Gaaze about Russia’s September 13 regional elections and whether or not the Kremlin should be worried about upcoming Duma elections.
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Understanding the Protests in Belarus [Lipman Series 2020]
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In this week's PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Natalya Chernyshova (University of Winchester) and Nikolay Petrov (Chatham House) about the ongoing protests in Belarus, and what they mean for the future of the current regime.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Popular Opinion on the Khabarovsk Protests [Lipman Series 2020]
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In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Denis Volkov (Levada Center) to learn more about public perceptions around current events in Khabarovsk, the "reset" of Putin's term limits, and the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the transcript here.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Russia's Regional Politics [Lipman Series 2020]
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In this PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Nikolay Petrov (Chatham House) and Ivan Kurilla (European University at Saint Petersburg) to learn more about current events unfolding in Russia’s regions, focusing in particular on the cities of Khabarovsk and Saint Petersburg. Full transcript here
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News Media in Russia and China [Lipman Series 2020]
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In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Maria Repnikova (Georgia State University) and Maxim Trudolubov (Meduza) to learn more about the state of news media in Russia and China today. Read the transcript here.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Russia's Memory Wars [Lipman Series 2020]
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In this week's episode of the PONARS Eurasia Podcast, Maria Lipman chats with Aleksey Miller (European University, Saint Petersburg) to learn more about historical memory in Russia, and ongoing conflict over the memory of World War II in particular.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Public Perception of Russia's COVID Response [Lipman Series 2020]
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In early spring, the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly upset Putin's plans to stage several events designed to reinforce his legitimacy. Quarantine measures imposed by local officials helped to stem the spread of the virus, but the consequences of those measures included serious economic fallout and discontent. Now, many of these measures have been abrupt…
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Volodymyr Zelensky: Year One [Lipman Series 2020]
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In April 2019, political novice Volodymyr Zelensky was elected the new President of Ukraine in a landslide victory. When Zelensky took over the presidency, he was faced by a host of immense challenges, including fighting corruption, reducing the clout of the oligarchs, and achieving a breakthrough in multilateral talks over the ongoing conflict in …
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Pandemic Politics in the North Caucasus [Lipman Series 2020]
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The North Caucasus is a highly complicated territory in Russia, comprised of seven different ethnic republics with complex relationships to the Russian federal center. Throughout the region, the already immense challenges of dealing with the COVID pandemic have been amplified by chronic local problems within several of the region's republics. In th…
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How have different systems of government influenced responses to the COVID-19 pandemic? Why have some countries managed to effectively curb the spread of the Ccronavirus, while others continue to see rising numbers of infections and fatalities? What can we learn from exploring these comparisons, and how will social attitudes and state policies chan…
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Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world, it would never have occurred to anyone to group Belarus together with Sweden. But today the wealthy Scandinavian country and the poor Eastern European one have something important in common: Neither has followed the rest of Europe into the lockdown. Why has Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko chosen…
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In 2020, the Easter holidays coincided closely with the rise of the COVID epidemic in Russia. In March, the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church finally complied with government authorities, who urged closing the church to parishioners - but numerous bishops and priests ignored the Patriarch’s call. Some even expressed open and vocal disobedien…
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As the COVID pandemic continues to spread, countries across the globe are facing formidable challenges. Despite major differences in their political and economic systems and policy making processes, Russia and the United States are currently undertaking similar protective measures in order to combat the spread of the virus – but opinions regarding …
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In mid-January, Russia embarked on a major constitutional reform, introducing a series of constitutional amendments that were swiftly adopted by federal and regional parliaments. The most important amendment, which appeared at the last moment, proposed a "reset" of Putin's presidential term limit, thereby allowing him to run for the presidency agai…
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Between Apathy and Activism: Political Participation in Russia
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Ora John Reuter (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) discusses why Russians vote in elections and why the authorities even care if people vote.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Graeme Roberston (University of North Carolina) discusses his new book, Putin v. the People, co-authored with Samuel Greene (Kings College London), which provides insights into the role of personality and emotions in buttressing Putin's rule, possible post-Putin scenarios, and Russian politics more generally. (Also see their recent Point & Counterp…
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The Politics of Information Manipulation: State-Controlled Media in Russia
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Arturas Rozenas (NYU) discusses how Russian state-controlled media manipulates information to influence politics inside and outside Russia as well as the understudied components of Russian propaganda.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Local Control and Worldwide Access: How Russian Elites Have Come to Use the Global Financial System to Defend Their Wealth
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Igor Logvinenko (Wellesley College) discusses how Russia became so integrated with global financial markets and what U.S. policymakers should understand about how this "entanglement" affects sanctions policy on Russia.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Listen to Andrey Makarychev (University of Tartu, Estonia) discuss the dynamics of the "post-Crimean" Russia-EU relationship and how they affect geopolitics in the Baltic Sea region.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Surviving Modernization: The Revolutionary Origins of Soviet Durability
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Lucan Ahmad Way (University of Toronto) discusses the spread of competitive authoritarianism in Eastern Europe, Russian interferences in democratic states, and the revolutionary orgins of Soviet durability.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Soft Power and Media Effects in Russia’s Near Abroad
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Hannah Chapman (Miami University, Ohio) discusses the effectiveness of Russia's media strategies in its near abroad and how they relate to Moscow's broader geopolitical goals in the region.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Authoritarian Pluralism: Why Does Kadyrov Promote Customary Law and Sharia in Chechnya
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Egor Lazarev (University of Toronto) discusses Ramzan Kadyrov's relationship with the Kremlin and why he promotes Sharia law in the Chechen Republic.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Law and Politics in the Post-Soviet Space
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Alexei Trochev (Nazarbayev University) discusses his recently completed research project on judicial politics in Ukraine and his current research on criminal justice reform in Kazakhstan.על ידי PONARS Staff
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What Have We Learned from Putin’s First Year of His Fourth Term?
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Kirill Rogov (Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy) discusses how President Vladimir Putin's fourth term will be affected by his declining approval ratings and economic stagnation.על ידי Krill Rogov
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Russia's Changing Role in the Post-Soviet Space
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Irina Busygina (Higher School of Economics) discusses how the Ukraine crisis affected Russia's role in the post-Soviet space and the future of the Eurasian Economic Union.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Jesse Driscoll (University of California San Diego) explains why he believes characterizing the fighting in Ukraine’s Donbas as “civil war” might help settle the conflict, ultimately in Ukraine’s favorעל ידי PONARS Staff
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Putin’s Fourth Term: Breakthrough or Stagnation?
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Brian Taylor (Syracuse University) discusses the likelihood of Putin achieving his domestic policy goals during his fourth term and the political obstacles that inhibit economic growth in Russia.על ידי PONARS Staff
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Judy Twigg (Virginia Commonwealth University) discusses the strategies the Russian government is pursuing to address the accelerating HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russia and why the situation should be of concern to the United States.על ידי Judy Twigg
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Goals, Plans, and Indicators: How Kazakh Bureaucrats Implement the State Developmental Agenda
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Dinissa Duvanova (Lehigh University) discusses "regulatory discretion and discretionary regulation" in former communist states based on her recent field research in Kazakhstanעל ידי PONARS Staff
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