Written by Megan Burnham, graduate student in REEI. It’s an open secret that Russia is flooding the information space with propaganda to manipulate the image of itself and other nations. Close followers of RT, one of Russia’s international broadcasting arms, have noted the outlet’s attempts to stir provocations since its inaugural debut in 2005. RT’s scope has grown… Read more »
Spring 2018 Lecture
“Nature vs. Nurture” with Kathryn Hendley
Written by Rachel Julia Myers, JD/ MA in Russian and East European Area Studies. As a first-year law student also pursing an MA in Russian and East European Area Studies, I am interested in studying the legal profession both in the United States and in Russia. In my class on legal professions at Indiana University… Read more »
“Coping with Uncertainty: Petty Traders in Post-Soviet Russia” with Kamil Wielecki
Written by Megan Burnham, graduate student in REEI. What’s the difference between a petty trader and a smuggler? Quite a lot, actually. The issue of criminality was but one of the many topics addressed by Kamil Wielecki, Fulbright recipient and Visiting Professor at Wagner College, at his lecture “Coping with Uncertainty: Petty Traders in Post-Soviet Russia.” The… 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 »
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 »