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Happening next week! Join us on March 17 for a discussion with Gerard Toal on his new book Oceans Rise Empires Fall, about the intersection between climate change and geopolitics. We hope to see you there! RSVP here: tinyurl.com/mst6veyx Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

📰Europe-Nato ‘coalition of the willing’ scrambles for collective response to hostility from Trump and threat from Putin By Stefan Wolff and Tetyanna Malyarenko Read here: theconversation.com/europe-nato-co…

🚨New PONARS Policy Memo: Who Is in Charge? National and Regional Responses to the Spring 2024 Floods in Qazaqstan by Andrei Semenov and Aizat Inussova Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies 📖Read it here: ponarseurasia.org/who-is-in-char…

🚨New publication alert! 🚨 What happens when the opposition takes power under authoritarian regimes? What can Putin-era Russia teach us about how to challenge dictators? tl/dr: create a credible alternative and fight corruption onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11… AJPS 1/

Ukraine: There’s No Peace Without Security By Volodymyr Dubovyk Read here: cepa.org/article/ukrain…

🔊 What do Russia and MAGA have in common? A fascinating deep dive into the rise of illiberal ideologies by The Economist — featuring a sharp comment from Marlene Laruelle, one of the leading voices on nationalism and Russian politics economist.com/podcasts/2025/…

Trump’s phone call with Putin fails to deliver a full ceasefire – here’s what could happen next By Stefan Wolff and Tetyana Malyarenko Read here: theconversation.com/trumps-phone-c…

Reader's Corner: "Russia and Ukraine" by Maria Popova and Oxana Shevel Listen to it here: boisestatepublicradio.org/show/readers-c…

As always, an excellent line up at the Russia Program's annual conference.

What role did intelligence services play in Russia's decision to invade Ukraine in 2022? How this decision represents the Soviet KGB enduring policy preferences? New event form our colleagues from PONARS Eurasia Register here: shorturl.at/tvh47 Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

Incredible line-up at this year's Russia Program event at GWU, April 18 here in DC I'll be there debuting some work from my new book on technocrats Details and RSVP here 👇 The Russia Program therussiaprogram.org/conference_2025

Despite the war, Russian-speaking culture is thriving abroad. Projects like ROAR are fostering global connections and resisting authoritarianism through art. Cultural historian Ilya Kukulin examines key innovations in Russian-speaking culture russiapost.info/culture/cultur…

#Georgia’s Identity Crisis and Public Protests. By Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass via ⁦PONARS Eurasia⁩ ponarseurasia.org/georgias-ident…

🚨New PONARS Policy memo: Georgia’s Identity Crisis and Public Protests 🇬🇪 By Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass 📖Read about it here: ponarseurasia.org/georgias-ident…

Our fantastic event last week with PONARS Eurasia on “Perceptions of Trump’s Election and Administration in Eurasia” featured outstanding regional experts: Dr. Mariya Y Omelicheva, volodymyr dubovyk, Emil Joroev, and Bidzina Lebanidze. Please tune in! youtube.com/watch?v=9o0sHe…

It was my great pleasure to take part. PONARS Eurasia

I would like to share my latest analysis in the PONARS Eurasia policy memo series on a recent offer by Russia to mediate between the United States and Iran over the latter’s nuclear enrichment program: ponarseurasia.org/putins-quest-f…

🚨New PONARS Policy memo: Putin’s Quest for Relevance: Why Russia is Offering to Mediate between the U.S. and Iran By Janko Šćepanović Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies 📖Read about it here: ponarseurasia.org/putins-quest-f…