Recent studies of Putin-era elites have focused primarily on the role of siloviki. We bring the
focus back to an analysis of the elite continuity within the Soviet regime. By compiling a …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of study abroad on identity
development among Azerbaijani academics. The results suggest that study abroad has had …

Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov's Instagram has been the focus of popular interest and
news since it was launched in 2013. This article strives to show that Kadyrov's …

The research to date on informal networks of the post-communist South Caucasus has
tended to focus either on the informal institutions' role in providing social safety nets for the …

В пособии предпринята попытка применить инструментарий сравнительной
политологии к анализу постсоветских политических институтов и процессов. Опираясь …

In recent literature on post-Soviet electoral revolutions in places where attempts at regime
change through popular protest did not succeed, opposition groups are often simply …

Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) embody the state's growing insertion in the global financial
system. While the bulk of the SWF literature has centred around the dynamics behind their …

The socialist development model of the Soviet Union has attracted much scholarly attention
over the years, but the modernization experiences of singular post-Soviet countries (eg …

The first protest event of the year was inspired by the disputed death of a young conscript in
the Azerbaijani army. While the official cause of death was heart attack, the family insisted …

ABSTRACT In September 2013, Armenia, after four years of negotiations, declared that it
would join the Russian-led Eurasian Customs Union. That caused the interruption of the …