Political leaders use different tactics to ensure widespread compliance with state policies
and to minimize resistance. Scholarship tends to treat different tactics individually …

Populist parties, particularly from the right of the political spectrum, have sharply increased
their electoral support in recent years, creating great media and scholarly interest. In this …

A devastating challenge to the idea of communism as a'great leveller', this extraordinarily
original, rigorous, and ambitious book debunks Marxism-inspired accounts of its equalitarian …

This essay reflects upon the consequences of Russia's war against Ukraine on the sub-field
of Russian studies in political science. I argue that the war has exposed some blind spots in …

Who are the people who, in the face of extreme repression, unexpectedly take to the streets
en masse in an authoritarian state? This article aims to answer this question with reference …

Why did the Kremlin fail to rely on the 'soft power'to secure its interests in Ukraine and
instead opt for the military invasion? At the same time, why did the Kremlin believe that …

How does state-led repression targeting communities influence the social reproduction of
victimized groups? Although several excellent studies have explored the sociopolitical …

Russia's invasion of Ukraine presents a major challenge for Russian studies. It has
demonstrated the imperative to search for better ways to understand Russia. At the same …

According to United Nations' estimates, there were nearly 272 million international migrants
worldwide in 2019, representing 3.4 percent of the world's total population (United Nations …

Over the past century, Asia has been transformed by rapid economic growth,
industrialization, and urbanization—a spectacular record of development that has turned …