My article for FPRI on Russia’s Use of Cyberattacks on Ukraine explores the use of these ambiguous weapons of war.
Read MoreReluctance of some East Europeans to get vaccinated displays a lack of public trust, a legacy of the harsh economic reforms after 1989.
Read MoreArticle for Project Syndicate with Dorottya Szikra on the economic electoral strategy of populist leader Viktor Orban, who won his fourth consecutive term as prime minister in March 2022.
Read MoreArticle in the Bulwark on Germany’s “Zeitenwende” in its relations with Russia.
Read MoreHow the term “socialism” has come to be used in American political discourse and what it really means . . .
Read MoreHow the word “communism” is used in American political discourse and what it really means.
Read MoreMy article with Kristen Ghodsee in Project Syndicate:
As liberal elites both East and West commemorate the peaceful end of the Cold War and celebrate the successes of the last three decades, it is important to recognize how painful the post-communist transition was – and, for many, continues to be. That is why nostalgia for the economic security and social stability of the authoritarian past is growing.
Audio from my talk at the Kennan Institute.
Read MoreAmerican politics becomes Ukrainian politics
Read MoreHow the Kremlin upset Moldova’s elections
Read MoreI had a fascinating opportunity to interview the Russian ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, on April 30th at University of Pennsylvania.
Read MoreMy article in the Washington Post on Volodymyr Zelensky and the politics of flexibility in the lands in between.
Read MoreThe Pennsylvania Gazette just published an excerpt from my new book, “The Lands in Between: Russia vs. the West and the New Politics of Hybrid War.”
Read MoreDue to all the obstruction, Mueller basically failed to get to the bottom of the Russia probe.
Read MoreWhy no mention of Cambridge Analytica in the Mueller report? Or allegations of Russian financial support to the Trump campaign?
Read MoreHas the clock run out on the Smolensk conspiracy authored by Poland’s ruling Law and Justice Party?
Read MoreThanks to Kirkus Reviews for the fabulous pre-publication review of my new book, “The Lands in Between.”
Read MoreAs expected, oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc was the big winner of Moldova’s parliamentary elections in February.
Read MoreSomeone is listening to my argument that populist right parties are wooing voters with generous social policies.
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