Written by Megan Burnham, RSW graduate affiliate Vladimir Putin coasted to victory on March 18th, winning his fourth term as President of the Russian Federation. Figures place the voter turnout at about 67.5% of the registered voter population, with incumbent Vladimir Putin receiving about 76.7% of the popular vote. These results are hardly surprising: enjoying… Read more »
Month: April 2018
Global Russia Panel and Deciphering Russian Foreign Policy at “America’s Role in the World” conference
Written by Timothy A. Model, PhD Student in the Department of Political Science Prompted by revelations about Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, investigations of Russian ties to the U.S. presidential administration officials, and the alleged Russian poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England, America’s attention to Russia has reached… Read more »
Natalia Forrat, visiting fellow at Notre Dame: “People’s Movement in Support of the State”
Written by Daniel Muck, PhD Student in the Department of Political Science Social movements and civil society organizations in authoritarian settings are commonly seen to be working in opposition to the ruling regime, leading researchers to examine the threats that social movements pose, as well as the redistributive strategies autocrats use to co-opt or isolate… Read more »
Celeste Wallander, President and CEO of the US-Russia Foundation: “Forging U.S.-Russia Partnerships”
Written by Kimberly Madsen, PhD student in SPEA Dr. Celeste Wallander met with students of the Russian Studies Workshop on March 27 to give advice on careers and address challenges in US-Russia relations. Given her impressive background as President and CEO of the U.S.-Russian Foundation, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Russia/Eurasia… Read more »
Professor Michael Burawoy: The Role of Russian and East European Area Studies Scholarship and Expertise in a Polarized World
Written by Madeline McCann, graduate student in REEI Several years ago, I was driven to Russian studies by my desire to escape the familiar. I felt sick of studying United States history—of regurgitating year after year the events and narratives that had been hammered into me since grade school. Strangely, it was an undergraduate course… Read more »
Ivan Grigoriev, RSW post-doctoral scholar: Institutional decay under autocracy: evidence from business-state relations in Russia
Written by Megan Burnham, graduate student in REEI Amidst chilly relations, Americans and Russians can joyfully bond over the fact that both countries represent two of the world’s leaders in income inequality. According to the World Inequality Database, the United States and Russia have fairly similar ratios of top income shares, with the top 10% in the… Read more »