Why did Russia's relations with the West shift from cooperation a few decades ago to a new
era of confrontation today? Some explanations focus narrowly on changes in the balance of …

Fully revised and updated to reflect the considerable changes in Russia over the last
decade, the fifth edition of this classic text builds on the strengths of previous editions to …

The new edition of this extremely well-received political biography of Vladimir Putin builds
on the strengths of the first edition to provide the most detailed and nuanced account of the …

Grazhdanskoe obshchestvo (civil society) is becoming the new mantra of the Russian
government and the political elite in general. The term is widely used in the contemporary …

A specialist on Russian politics and society examines the emerging regime in Russia under
President Vladimir Putin in the context of hybrid regimes. Eschewing modified variants of …

This publication was prepared under a Subaward funded by the Institute of International
Education (IIE) under the Democracy Fellows and Grants (DFG) Program, award# AID-OAA …

A specialist on Russian politics examines the evolution of political opposition in Russia from
1989 to 2005. The article specifies and employs a framework that focuses on the structure of …

Everyday Law in Russia challenges the prevailing common wisdom that Russians cannot
rely on their law and that Russian courts are hopelessly politicized and corrupt. While …

Does electoral fraud stabilize authoritarian rule or undermine it? The answer to this question
rests in part on how voters evaluate regime candidates who engage in fraud. Using a survey …

This paper analyses the dynamics of grassroots mobilisation in contemporary Russia. Based
on data from ethnographic studies conducted in two life spheres–the home and the …