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Professor Marlene Laruelle writes new piece for Foreign Affairs, “Putin’s War and the Dangers of Russian Disintegration: The Unraveling of a Fragile Multiethnic State Could Lead to More Violence.”

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes new article for the Washington Quarterly, “So, Is Russia Fascist Now? Labels and Policy Implications”.

Professor Daina Eglitis publishes new article for Transitions, “Is History Repeating Itself on Ukraine’s Eastern Front?.”

NewsNation interviews Professor Marlene Laruelle on French President Emmanual Macron’s re-election

Voice of America interviews Professor Hope Harrison about the war in Ukraine and features coverage of IERES event “Germany and the Impact of the War in Ukraine.”

Professor Daina Eglitis publishes new article for New Eastern Europe magazine, “The crimes of Bucha have a long history.”

Bloomberg features IERES event in new article, “Germany Enlists Defense Firms to Supply Ukraine with Weapons.”

The Washington Times quotes Professor Marlene Laruelle in new article, “Decades of church-military’s ‘symbiosis’ behind Russian Orthodox Church’s pro-war stance.”

Professor Marlene writes new articles, “The Rassemblement National and Russia: History of a Strategic Alliance,” for The Conversation. 

Professor Marlene Laruelle appeared on MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan Show to discuss Russian political strategist Alexander Dugin.

Professor Marlene Laruelle appeared on the Background Briefing with Ian Masters to discuss “The Russian Philosophers and Intellectuals Who Influence Putin’s Thinking.”

Professor Harris Mylonas and Associate Professor Scott Radnitz (University of Washington) co-author new article for The Washington Post, “Putin’s warning about Russian ‘fifth columns’ has a long, sordid lineage.”

Professor Robert Orttung quoted in The Atlantic article, “RT America, You Were Very Weird and Bad.”

Professor Marlene Laruelle quoted in LA Times article, “A Russian empire ‘from Dublin to Vladivostok’? The roots of Putin’s ultranationalism.”

CNN interviews Professor Henry Hale in new article, “What the second month of war in Ukraine may bring.”

Professor Henry Hale and Associate Professor Olga Onuch (University of Manchester) publish new article in the Toronto Star, “The Zelenskyy effect: Why Ukraine’s “Ze” is defeating Russia’s “Z”.”

Professors Michelle Kelso and Daina Eglitis co-author new Op-Ed on sexual violence and the war in Ukraine in Transitions, “Fearsome Precedent”. 

Professor Robert Orttung featured on recent episode of the “Who, What, Why Podcast” discussing ““Putin’s Real Reason for War? A Wag-the-Dog Theory.” 

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes essay for UnHerd, “The intellectual origins of Putin’s invasion: There is no Rasputin in the modern Russian court.”

Professor Henry Hale quoted in the Washington Post’s article, “How ‘Z’ became a symbol for supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”

Professor Marlene Laruelle quoted in Foreing Policy report, “Hints of a Ukraine-Russia Deal? Zelensky appears to float suggestions of a compromise, but U.S. officials fear Putin could double down.”

Professor Marlene Laruelle and Ivan Grek publish new working paper for Georgetown University’s Berkeley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs,  “Disinformation and Religion on the Russian Scene: Reactionary Politics and Orthodox Fundamentalism.”

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes new article for the French Institute of Internatinoal Affairs, “Russia’s Islam: Balancing Securitization and Integration”

Professor Hope M. Harrison publishes a new article for the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, “The Berlin Wall: Sixty Years Since Its Construction.”

Professor Marlene Laruelle and Kevin Limonier publish a new article in the journal Post-Soviet Affairs, “Beyond ‘hybrid warfare’:a digital exploration of Russia’s entrepreneurs of influence.”

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes new article, “Russia’ African Toolkit: Digital Influencers and Entreprenuers of Influence.” 

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes new book, Central Peripheries: Nationhood in Central Asia.

Hope M. Harrison named winner of the 2021 Michael E. Brown Research Prize.

Harris Mylonas publishes new article in the Annual Review of Political Science co-authored with Maya Tudor, “Nationalism: What We Know and What We Still Need to Know.”

The latest volume of the Global Mental Health & Psychiatry Review has been published.

Hope M. Harrison quoted in Spectrum News NY1 article, “Armenian community leaders ‘cautiously optimistic’ as Biden reportedly signals he’ll recognize the Armenian genocide.”

Marlene Lareulle writes new policy paper for the French Institute of International Relations,  “Russia’s Niche Soft Power: Sources, Targets and Channels of Influence.”

ResearchPod relesaese new podcast on Marlene Laruelle’s new book, Is Russa Fascist? Unraveling Propaganda East and West.

IERES Director Marlene Laruelle writes new op-ed for The Moscow Times, “How the Battle Over Collective Memory Will Define Russia’s Place in Europe.”

 

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes new essay  The Determinants of Successful Nation-building: Macrosociological Political Modernization and Political Alliance Structures .

How nations build and reinforce their influence | Interview with Dr. Harris Mylonas

Prof. Hope M. Harrison publishes articule, “Harmony was yesterday: the former trust is gone–the question of dealing with Putin’s Russia is a heavy weight these days on American-German relations.”

Prof. Hope M. Harrison featured in German documentary film “Tops and Flops in the White House: America’s Presidents.”

Prof. Hope M. Harrison interviewed by Deutsche Welle in new video “German reunification: How two countires (sort of) became one.”

Prof. Hope M. Harrison was a featured expert on German history in a documentary film aired in Germany on ARD, “Places with Secrets: The Brandenburg Gate.” 

IERES Visiting Scholar Caitlin Katsiaficas publishes COVID-19 Shines Spotlight on Need for Strenghtened Mental Health Response for Asylum Seekers.

Professor Eliot Sorel publishes new article “The COVID-19 Pandemic: A National and Global Social Contracts Stress Test”.

Professor Hope M. Harrison publishes new piece with the Wilson Center, “Black Lives Matter and the Berlin Wall”.

IERES Visiting Scholar Irina Olimpieva writes new article Молодежь раздражена коррупцией, но не хочет нести риски борьбы с ней in Vedomosti.

 

Professor Hope M. Harrison recently appeared on Voice of America’s “Plugged in with Greta Van Sustren” to discuss her new book and the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Professor Hope M. Harrison has recently published a new book, After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present. During the week of the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Professor Harrison will be participating in several events around DC. Please see a list of these events below:

• November 5th at the Elliott School of International Affairs
• November 7th at the Wilson Center
• November 9th at the Newseum
• November 10th at Politics and Prose

Professor Hope M. Harrison was recently quoted in The New York Times article, “Has a U.S. College Given Russia Too Friendley a Platform”.

Professor Harris Mylonas writes new article “Nation-Building and the Role of Identity in Civil Wars” in the journal Ethnopolitics.

Professor Hope M. Harrison writes new article Debate on German Reunification: Master narrative with blank spaces in the German newspaper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, on the German politics of history regarding the Berlin Wall.

Professor Harris Mylonas writes new article “Greece: Political Developments and Data in 2018” on the political developments in Greece for the European Journal of Political Research.

Professor Harris Mylonas writes new post “After a decade of crisis, Greek politics are turning normal and more technocratic” for the Washington Post’s Blog The Monkey Cage.

The Central Asia Program recently published it’s latest paper “Russia’s Islamic Diplomacy”, edited by Professor Marlene Laruelle. The paper is part of the CAP’s “Islam in Russia, Russian in the Islamic World” initiative.

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes new paper “Russia’s Militia Groups and their Use at Home and Abroad” in the Institut francais des relations internationales’s collection Russie.Nei.Visions.

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes new study “Collusion or Homegrown Collaboration?” with Political Capital Policy Research & Consulting Institute.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article “Kazakhstani public opinion of the United States and Russia: testing variables of  (un)favourability” in the journal Central Asian Survey.

Professor Marlene Laruelle quoted in The New York Times article “Longtime President of Kazakhstan Surprises Region by Resigning”.

Professor Hope M. Harrison was quoted in The New York Times article “At Checkpoint Charlie, Cold War History Confronts Crass Commercialism”.

 

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article “Isolation and Reconquista: Russia’s Toolkit as a Constrained Great Power” for Russia Matters.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article “A new EU-Central Asia Strategy: Deepening relationships and generating long-lasting impact” for Europe-Central Asia Monitoring.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article “Russia’s Mediterranean call: from Kerch to Palmyra, but without Constantinople?” for openDemocracy.

Professor Hope M. Harrison was interviewed by Deutschlandradio about the recent U.S. elections. Read the interview here.

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes new book Russian Nationalism: Imaginaries, Doctrines, and Political Battlefields. 

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article “Territory and Space as Part of Russia’s Rebranding” for Riddle, an online-journal on Russian affairs.

Professor Eliot Sorel presented his lecture “Brain & Belonging: Integrating 21st Century Scientific Innovations and Global Social Challenges” at the International Mental Health Congress in Moscow, Russia on October 5, 2018. Please click here for a photo of Professor Sorel with Professors Roy Kallivayalil (India), Marianne Kastrup (Denmark), Fernando Lolas (Chile), and Thomas Craig Jamieson (UK).

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift by the US and UK, the History Channel did a story entitled “Why the Berlin Airlift Was the First Major Battle of the Cold War”. Click here  for the story in which Professor Hope M. Harrison is quoted.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article “Islamophobia in Russia: Trends and Societal Context” for the Center for Strategic and International Studies’ annual report of their Russia and Eurasia Program.

Professor Eliot Sorel will be presenting at The Wilsonian Club’s 2018 Conference “The Rebirth of Europe” on June 1-2, 2018. Please click here for more information on the event.

Professor Eirini Cheila, Visiting Scholar from Panteion University (Athens), published her policy memo “The Economic Crisis of 2010 and Greek Foreign Policy Dilemmas“

Professor Eliot Sorel, MD, Senior Scholar in Healthcare Innovation and Policy Research,  Clinical Professor of Global Health, Health Policy & Management, and of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University  moderated the opening session of World Bank, WHO, and OECD conference on Global Mental Health in Washington DC, on Thursday April 19th. He was also invited and participated at the World Bank in the launch of #HealthforAll initiative by Bank President Jim Kim, Japan Finance Minister Taso Aro and WHO Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanon Ghebreyesus, in Washington, DC on Friday April 20th. Once implemented #Healthforall will have a major impact on health care access worldwide and especially for the 50% of people around the world who now have no access to care. It will also make a significant contribution to eradicating poverty globally.

The April 2018 issue of Counterpoint has gone live.

Professor Hope M. Harrison will be moderating the event The Past and Future of Progressive Transatlantic Politics at Georgetown University on Monday, April 9, 2018.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes new publication on drug trafficking in Tajikistan.

Professor Hope M. Harrison writes book review of Benn Steil’s The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War in recent Washington Post.

Monday Feb. 5, 2018 marked the day that the Berlin Wall had been gone for as long as it stood: 10,315 days, or about 28 and a half years. Professor Hope M. Harrison was interviewed about this by the Khaleej Times in Dubai. Find the article and more information on this milestone here.

Professor Hope M. Harrison was featured in a documentary, “Magical Sentences of the 20th Century Hstroy”, on the main German public television station, ZDF, on Sept. 10th. In the 30-minute documentary, Hope was interviewed about famous speeches by President John F. Kennedy, East German leader Walter Ulbricht, and Neil Armstrong.

IERES member Professor Sarah Wagner received a prestigious Public Scholar Award from the National Endoment of the Humanities.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes article on how Russia views China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes policy memo on EU donor engagement in Central Asia for the PONARS program.

Professor Eliot Sorel will be speaking at the Marshall Center’s 70th Anniversary Symposium.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes article on Kazakhstan’s military-industrial complex for the Central Asia Program’s “CAP Papers.”

Elliott School student Alexandre Aubard writes article on France’s constitutional conundrum for the Atlantic Council.

Professor Sarah Wagner received a Guggenheim Fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.

Professor Hope M. Harrison interviewed by CNN on political oppositionists in Putin’s Russia.

Professor Hope M. Harrison quoted in USA Today piece on recent protests in Russia.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse authors paper “EU-Turkmenistan: Should the PCA be Ratified” which the European Parliament has recently published in its Workshop on EU-Turkmenistan Relations.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article for the World Politics Review about reforms in Kazakhstan and presidential transition.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article “Putin’s Regime and the Ideological Market: A Difficult Balancing Game” for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on the connections between poverty, corruption, and the drug trade in Central Asia.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes articles on Putin’s ideological leanings for Intersection: Russia/Europe/World and on the Kremlin’s possible use of hardline Islam for the French Institute of International Relations.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes op-ed “Putinism as Gaullism” for openDemocracy.

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors essay “Methodological challenges in the study of stateless nationalist territorial territorial claims” with Professor Nadav Shelef (University of Wisconsin, Madison).

Professor Eliot Sorel’s contributions to WBG/WHO meetings at GWU results in report Mental Health Among Displaced People and Refugees: Making the Case for Action at the World Bank Group.

Professor Hope M. Harrison quoted in USA Today article on the trial of Russian oppositionist Alexei Navalny.

Professor Hope M. Harrison interviewed by CNN about Trump, Putin, and the recent renewed fighting in Ukraine.

Professor Hope M. Harrison quoted in USA Today article about 2016 immigration figures in Germany.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on relations between Russia and China in Central Asia in the ASAN Forum.

Visiting scholar Farid Guliyev edits special edition of Caucasus Analytical Digest devoted to human capital in Azerbaijan.

Professor Robert Orttung quoted in article about global implications behind Russia’s climate policy.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on views of China in Central Asia on the East Asia Forum.

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes article in Foreign Affairs with Akis Georgakellos about the potential impact of Donald Trump’s presidency on the Greek political system.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes op-ed in the Washington Times on changes in US-Russian relations in Central Asia.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article Stakes and Perspectives of the Portable Telephones Market in Central Asia in the October 2016 issue of CAP Papers.

Professor Hope M. Harrison featured on CNN during interview about Putin and Trump.

Professor Marlene Laruelle co-writes article on a Norwegian-Russian refugee corridor on the Arctic Center’s website.

Professor Peter Rollberg published the volume Historical Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Cinema (Rowman & Littlefield, 855 pp.). This second, expanded edition features 630 articles on filmmakers, performers, cinematographers, composers, and producers; 130 of these entries are new.

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes  “Threats to Territorial Integrity,National Mass Schooling and Linguistic Community” in a Special Issue of Comparative Polititcal Studies.

Professor Eliot Sorel writes op-ed on 21st century health, education, development, and global security at the Woodrow Wilson Center.

Professor Peter Rollberg published the article “Revenge of the Cameramen: Soviet Cinematographers in the Director’s Chair” in Birgit Beumers, ed., A Companion to Russian Cinema (Wiley-Blackwell, 2016, pp. 364-388).

Professor Eliot Sorel authors op-ed pieces for the Woodrow Wilson for International Scholars on 21st century business and science partnerships and America’s health and the US presidential elections

Peter Rollberg published a review of Alisher Khamdamov’s film A Fatal Step (2015) in the online journal KinoKultura (53/2016).

Professor Eliot Sorel co-authors policy statements on Integrated Care with the World Psychiatric Association and the American Psychiatric Association.

Professor Henry Hale writes article “Twenty-Five Years after the USSR:Whats Gone Wrong?” for the Journal of Democracy.

Professor Eliot Sorel writes article on the Brexit, the Euro-Atlantic Alliance, and Global Security for the Wilson Center’s Global Europe Program.

Professor Harris Mylonas writes a book review of Paschalis M. Kitromilides’s Enlightenment and Revolution in Nations and Nationalism, Volume 22, Issue 3: 598-600.

Professor Eliot Sorel participated in the World Bank Group and World Health Organization high level meeting on Making Mental Health a Global Development priority. Professor Sorel was a member of the  the innovations panel and presented, together with his GWU students, an innovator’s booth with a focus on TOTAL Health, integrating primary care, mental health and public health. This innovator’s booth was based on the research done by Professor Sorel and his team in China, India, Iran & Romania and was recently published in the International Medical Journal in Japan.

Nationalities Papers (Volume 44, Issue 3, 2016: 488–502) recently published a book symposium of Professor Harris Mylonas’ book The Politics Of Nation-building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities.

Professor Marlene Laruelle is interviewed by the Uzbek language service of Voice of America. Uzbek– and English-language videos are available, as well as an article in Uzbek.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes a piece for the Washington Times’ Monkey Cage blog on Shiite and Sunni Muslims in Central Asia.

Professor Cory Welt writes on the impact on U.S. policy of the Georgia-South Ossetia-Russia conflict for a volume reassessing the costs of the August 2008 war.

Professor Marlene Laruelle is interviewed by the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs on the European and Russian Far Right.

Professor Marlene Laruelle recently publishes a new work on the European Union in Eurasia, The European Union in a Reconnecting Eurasia.

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes essay on Greece on the Cultural Anthropology website.

Professor Eliot Sorel’s ideas and projects to be presented at the Making Mental Health a Global Development Priority summit at the World Bank (April 13-14, 2016).

IERES members Dr. Hope M. Harrison and Dr. Cory Welt gave interviews for CCTV and Voice of America (in Azeri) regarding the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh.

IERES member Professor Harris Mylonas has made several appearances in the Greek media where he discussed the refugee crisis in Europe and the terrorist attacks in Brussels. Appearances include Star Channel (March 16 and March 24), Radio Athens, and Mega Channel.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on Islamic finance in Central Asia.

Professor Marlene Laruelle published an article on Geidar Dzhemal (“Between Islamism, Occult Fascism and Eurasianism”), available here.

IERES member Eliot Sorel, MD was sworn in by Mayor Muriel Bowser to be a member of the District of Columbia Health Information Exchange Policy Board. The ceremony took place in the Old Council Chambers at Judiciary Square in the District of Columbia, on Thursday, March 17th, 2016.

Associate Dean Hope M. Harrison interviewed by CCTV about local elections in Germany, where the anti-immigrant AfD party made significant gains.

The Diplomat mentions the Central Asia Program’s recent security conference in an article about China’s Silk Road Initiative.

On March 1, 2016, German Foreign Minister  Frank Walter-Steinmeir gave a talk at the Elliott School on “Times of Crisis: Why Translatlantic Partnership Matters.” A transcript of his speech can be found here.

Professor Eliot Sorel will be moderating at the Wilson Center’s event “How Can Societies Control Corruption? : The European Experience.”

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes a PONARS memo about Islam and the government of Uzbekistan.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes report “EU Strategy in Central Asia: Competition or Cooperation” for the Al Jazeera Center for Studies.

Professor Eliot Sorel releases a new Global Mental Health and Psychiatry newsletter as part of the Career, Leadership and Mentorship Program.

Nominations for the 2016 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award will be accepted through June 1, 2016. More details can be found here.

Professor Harris Mylonas quoted in recent Washington Post piece on Donald Trump.

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes article on political developments in Greece in 2014 for the European Journal of Political Research.

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes paper on Russian nationalism for PONARS.

Professor Eliot Sorel writes op-ed piece entitled “Health, Education, Development, and Global Security.”

Professor Harris Mylonas quoted in Wall Street Journal article on elections within Greece’s opposition party.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article for Eurasian Geography and Economics entitled “The US Silk Road: Geopolitical Imaginary or the Repackaging of Strategic Interests” (not available online) and co-authors study “From Paris to Vladivostok: The Kremlin Connections of the French Far-Right.”

Professor Henry Hale writes article on nationalism and cynism in politics (in Russian) for the IERES-sponsored journal Kontrapunkt.

Professor Harris Mylonas quoted in Washington Post’s Monkey Cage in a post about Syria.

Professor Robert Orttung writes a guest blog for Resurgent Dictatorship: The Global Assault on Democracy.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse co-authors articlein the November 2015 issue of Eurasian Geography and Economics entitled “Central Asia: the New Silk Road Initiative’s Questionable Economic Rationality Rationality.”

Professor Robert Orttung to be principal investigator of a multi-disciplinary project “Promoting Urban Sustainability in the Arctic,” supported by the National Science Foundation and meant to assess the consequences of human activities in the region across a number of important dimensions.

Professor Robert Orttung featured in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog regarding Russia’s media strategy and interviewed by the Institute of Modern Russiaon effects of Russia’s declining economy.

Professor Cory Welt writes a policy memo for PONARS Eurasia on media freedom and rule of law in Georgia.

Associate Dean for Research and Associate Professor Hope Harrison recently interviewed by Deutsche Welle on US-West German relations under Chancellor Helmut Schmidt.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on Eurasianet.org entitled “Examining Kazakhstan’s Religions Contradiction.”

Professor Harris Mylonas reviews Kostis Kornetis’ Children of the Dictatorship: Student Resistance, Cultural Politics and the “Long 1960s” in Greece in the American Historical Review.

Professor Oleh Havrylyshyn publishes two articles: one on economic reform in Ukraine, another on transititon in Ukraine.

Associate Dean Hope M. Harrison writes article on twenty-five years of German unification for the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies.

Professor Eliot Sorel’s publication Total Health for All is included in the ceremonial World Mental Health Day Volume to be observed October 10th.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse interviewed about Turkmenistan on the Steppe Dispatches website.

Professor Harris Mylonas reviews Onur Yıldırım’s Diplomacy and Displacement: Reconsidering the Turco-Greek Exchange of Populations, 1922–1934 in the Journal of Cold War Studies.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes article (in Russian) on governments’ responses to the Charlie Hebdo attacks in Central Asia.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on the perspectives and limits of Chinese-US competition, using Kazakhstan as a case study.

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes new article on nation building in Social Science Quarterly.

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authored a post with Akis Georgakellos in the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog about upcoming elections in Greece.

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authored a policy memo with Ariel Ahram about the distinction between bounded and unbounded de facto states.

Professor Robert Orttung and Sufian Zhemukhov write an op-ed for the Moscow Times entitled “Why Has Putin Spared Ekho Moskvy?”

Professor Robert Orttung quoted in Bloomberg article about recent Russian actions in Crimea.

Professor Harris Mylonas writes article in Foreign Affairs entitled “The Agreement that could Break Europe: Euroskeptics, Eurocritics, and Life after the Bailout.”

Professor Harris Mylonas interviewed by TV2 Africa about Greece’s recent ‘no’ vote.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes an article on Kazakhstan’s World Religion Congress for the Washington Post’s Monkey Cage blog.

Professor Robert Orttung writes an article on Russia for Freedom House’s annual “Nations in Transit“ report.

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes a book review of Dan Lainer-Vos’s Sinews of the Nation: Constructing Irish and Zionist bonds in the United States (Cambridge: Polity Press,  2013) in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics.

Professor Harris Mylonas participates in H-Diplo and International Security Studies Forum roundtable on Adria Lawrence’s “Imperial Rule and the Politics of Nationalism: Anti-Colonial Protest in the French Empire.”

Professor Robert Orttung writes op-ed “Why Autocrats Love FIFA?” for the Moscow Times.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes paper entitled “The ‘Russian World‘ : Russia’s Soft Power and Geopolitical Imagination.”

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article on Russia’s interaction with far-right European groups in the most recent Russian Analytical Digest.

Professor Henry Hale co-authors piece on Russians’ opinion of Ukraine in the Washington Post’s blog The Monkey Cage.

Professor Marlene Laruelle interviewed by Steppe Dipatches on Central Asian states’ relations with Russia and China.

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on Central Asian states’ management of religion on Eurasianet.org.

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes op-ed entitled “The Power of Soft Power in Kazakhstan” in the Monkey Cage blog of the Washington Post.

Professor Cory Welt is a guest editor (and co-authors the introduction) of a special issue of Problems of Post-Communism on Russian foreign policy

Alexander Reisenbichler publishes an article on the creation of the Financial Stability Forum in the Review of International Political Economy.

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors article “Russia as a ‘Divided Nation'” in the journal Problems of Post-Communism.

Professor Kimberly Morgan and Alexander Reisenbichler (a former IERES PhD fellow) publish a chapter entitled “The German Labor Market: No Longer the Sick Man of Europe” in an e-book on the German economy. Other contributters include Peter Hall, Philippe Schmitter, and many others.

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes article on recent presidential elections in Uzbekistan.

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors article on US sanctions on Alexander Dugin in Foreign Affairs.

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes article on events in Greece in 2013 in the European Journal of Political Research.

Professors Marlene Laruelle draws attention to Kazakhstan’s attitude toward the Eurasian Union and Sebastien Peyrouse analyzes Kyrgyzstan’s prospects for accession therein in the most recent edition of the Russian Analytical Digest.

Professor Robert Orttung quoted in an article in Vice News about online tactics used by EU, NATO, and Russia.

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes a paper on the mythmaking of Novorossiya (available on Academia.edu).

Professor Robert Orttung and two undergraduate IERES students – Elizabeth Nelson and Anthony Livshen – write an article in the Washington Post on how Russia Today operates across different language platforms on Youtube to spread Kremlin messages about Ukraine.

Professor Eliot Sorel to lead panel on mental health in Bucharest from June 24 to June 27 as part of an international congress integrating primary care, mental care, and public health.

Professor Robert Orttung, together with students from GWU and the University of Chicago, publish an article on Russian television and the Internet.

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes an article on youth patriotic clubs in Russia(available on Academia.edu).

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes article entitled “The Ukrainian Crisis and its Impact on Transforming Russian Nationalism Landscape” in Ukraine and Russia: People, Politics, Propaganda and Perspectives.

Professor Cory Welt was quoted by the Voice of America on the implications of Ukraine’s Minsk II cease-fire agreement.

Professor Cory Welt was interviewed by Imedi, a Georgian television station, on the role of Georgian officials in Ukraine’s government.

Professor Robert Orttung is interviewed by the National Public Radio in an audio clip entitled “‘Frozen Conflict’ in Ukraine Opens Door for Corruption.”

Professor Robert Orttung co-authors article for Foreign Policy website about how Russia uses frozen conflicts to destabilize its reform-minded neighbors.

Professor Cory Welt was quoted by Deutsche Welle on the possibility of U.S. arms provision to Ukraine. His comments on the same subject for PONARS Eurasia were published in the Washington Post’s blog The Monkey Cage.

Professor Harris Mylonas discusses the Greek financial crisis in a Voice of America article.

Professor Robert Orttung co-authors op-eds in the Washington Post about Putin’s approval ratings and in the Moscow Times about Russian propaganda.

Professor Peter Rollberg, IERES director, was quoted in the New York Times’ review of Andrey Zvyagintsev’s new film “Leviathan.” He was also interviewed in an original IERES video about his thoughts on the work.

Professor Harris Mylonas was interviewed by Bulgarian newspaper Presa about Greek elections, and he and Akis Georgakellos wrote a report on the elections in the Washington Post’s blog The Monkey Cage.

Professor Marlene Laruelle published a paper in the Russian Analytical Digest on Central Asian nations’ reactions to the crisis in Ukraine.

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, a visiting scholar at the Institute from 2002-2003, was recently elected president of Croatia.

Professor Henry Hale was interviewed about his new book Patronal Politics on the Scholars’ Circle radio show.

Professor Harris Mylonas was quoted in a Wall Street Journal article about the political situation in Greece.

Professor Peter Rollberg, IERES director, was quoted in the New York Times’ review of Andrey Zvyagintsev’s new film “Leviathan.”

Professor Henry Hale was interviewed by CNN on Putin’s popular support (December 5, 2014).

Professor Robert Orttung co-authors article on increasing media censorship in Russia (November 30, 2014).

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article on Russia’s policy-drivers in the Arctic (November 24, 2014).

Professor Eliot Sorel analyzes recent presidential elections in Romania (November 24, 2014).

Professor Henry Hale appears as a guest on Scholar’s Circle, a syndicated radio talk show, to speak about Russia’s relations with the West (November 16, 2014).

Professor Hope Harrison will be participating in The Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom’s event “25 Years after the Fall of the Wall – Personal Accounts” on November 12.

Associate Director Cory Welt analyzes the situation surrounding the Georgian Dream political coalition in Foreign Policy (November 6, 2014).

Professor Peter Rollberg was interviewed by BuzzFeedNews about Johnson’s Russia List, which is published through IERES. The article was reprinted by the Ukrainian service StopFake.org (October 27, 2014).

Professor Hope Harrison authors an article in The Washington Post about five myths surrounding the Berlin Wall and another article in  The Wilson Quarterly about German perspectives on the fall of the Wall. Read the articles here and here.

Assistant Director Robert Orttung authors an op-ed in The Moscow Times on the Kremlin’s international propaganda practices (October 8, 2014).

Recent Mumbai water conference covered by the Times of India (September 28, 2014).

Participants in a recent conference Central Asia Program speakers quoted by Al Jazeera on Uyghur affair (September 25, 2014).

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors an op-ed in The Moscow Times on Russian nationalism and Eastern Ukraine (September 17, 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt was interviewed on Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, Russia, and U.S. policy. Read the transcripts here.

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors article about Russian nationalists fighting in Ukraine (June 26, 2014).

Dr. Eliot Sorel will co-chair the WPA 2015 Bucharest International Congress on innovation in primary care mental health.

Assistant Director Robert Orttung is quoted by Bloomberg regarding the situation in Ukraine (June 21, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung authors article on Russia’s foreign energy policy.

Assistant Director Robert Orttung speaks about the Russian media landscape in The Elliott School of International Affairs’ Beyond the Headlines series (June 17, 2014)

Assistant Director Robert Orttung publishes the 2014 report on Russia for Freedom House’s Nations in Transit (June 12, 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt authors a piece on Petro Poroshenko’s victory in Ukraine’s presidential elections (May 29, 2014)

Assistant Director Robert Orttung blogs about Russian media (May 13, 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt authors book chapter on the historical origins of the Abkhazian and South Ossetian conflicts.

Ph.D. Student Alexander Reisenbichler awarded research grant and Robert K. Merton Award from the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy for dissertation research (May 2014).

Director Peter Rollberg authors article on politics and Russian miniseries (May 2014).

Director Peter Rollberg reviews Kazakh filmmaker Adelkhan Yerzhanov’s The Constructors (May 2014).

Professor Hope Harrison authors book chapter on German memory of the Berlin Wall (May 2014).

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors article on national identity and Russian television (May 2014).

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes article on Uzbekistan’s and Tajikistan’s policy toward Afghanistan (April 2014).

Professor Henry Hale co-authors article on Putin and Russian elections (April 2014).

Professor Harris Mylonas receives honorable mention for book The Politics of Nation-Building at the 2014 ASN Convention (April 2014).

Visiting Scholar Christofer Berglund awarded Best Doctoral Student Paper in the Caucasus/Russia/Ukraine category at the 2014 ASN Convention (April 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung interviewed on popular Ukrainian website about developments in Ukraine [in Russian] (April 24, 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt authors piece on achieving unity in Ukraine (April 18, 2014).

Professor Marlene Laruelle co-authors policy breif on presidential successions in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (April 2014).

Ph.D. Student Lisel Hintz writes about Turkish democracy and the opposition in The Washington Post‘s The Monkey Cage (April 3, 2014).

Professor James Hershberg co-edits National Security Archive collection on the 50th anniversary of the coup in Brazil (April 2, 2014).

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse authors article on Iran’s role in Central Asia for Al Jazeera (April 2, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Agustin Rossi publishes article on internet privacy and the European Data Protection Directive (March 28, 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt co-authors an article on Russia’s incursion into Ukraine.

Ph.D. Student Alexander Reisenbichler awarded fellowship at Johns Hopkins University’s American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (March 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed on the Ed Schultz radio talk show on the conflict in Crimea (March 25, 2014).

Professor Laura Engel authors freatured article on internationalizing schools in National Capital Language Resource Center’s Newsletter (March/April 2014).

Professor Laura Engel blogs about international large-scale assessments for Education Week (March 23, 2014).

EES Student Daniel Heintz writes about his experiences on Kyiv’s Maidan (March 21, 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt and Assistant Director Robert Orttung quoted in article on Russia and Crimea (March 18, 2014).

Professor Marlene Laruelle blogs about the current situation in Crimea and Russia’s strategy (March 13, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung speaks about developments in Crimea to Brazil’s Globo Networks (at 7:15) (March 13, 2014).

Professor Henry Hale co-authors letter to the editor in New York Times about Title VI funding for scholars (March 11, 2014).

Professor Harris Mylonas interviewed about research in Greek Embassy newsletter (March 7, 2014).

PONARS publishes its Chisinau workshop booklet, The Vilnius Moment (March 2014).

Professors Marlene Laruelle and Sean Roberts, publish a blog post in The Washington Post on the effects of Ukraine’s revolution on Central Asia (March 7, 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted in article on the crisis in Ukraine and US diplomacy [in Spanish] (March 5, 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed on WHYY RadioTimes talk show on the conflict in Crimea (March 4, 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted in article on possible sanctions against Russia (March 3, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung comments on the fate of the G8 and on the possability of sanctions against Russia [in Russian] (March 3, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung comments on the Western response to Ukraine [in Russian] (March 3, 2014).

Professor Frances Norwood invited to be visiting scholar at St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Department of Anthropology (February 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt writes on the formation of a new Ukrainian government [in Russian] (February 26, 2014).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors article on China’s policies toward ethnic minorities (February 25, 2014).

Professor Harris Mylonas wins 2014 Council of European Studies Book Award Prize for his book The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities (February 2014).

Professor James Hershberg edits volume on the Cold War and ice hockey politics (February 2014).

Professor James Hershberg authors book chapter on the end of the Cold War and Cold War history (February 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung speaks about Ukraine after Yanukovych (February 24, 2014).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the failure to predict financial crises (February 24, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov quoted in New York Times article on construction for the Sochi Olympics (February 23, 2014).

Associate Director Cory Welt writes about resolving the crisis in Ukraine (February 21, 2014).

Latvian website reports on IERES event on state media [in Russian] (February 20, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle discusses the myth of the black widow (February 13, 2014).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the economic health of the BRICS (February 10, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung examines the costs behind Olympics preparations (February 9, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov writes about migrant workers and the Sochi Olympics (February 9, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Albert Schmidt authors review of Food, Energy and the Creation of Industriousness (February 9, 2014).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks about emerging markets on National Public Radio (February 4, 2014).

Ph.D. Student Alexander Reisenbichler awarded 2014-15 dissertation fellowship from the Free University Berlin (February 2014).

Professors Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse co-author policy paper on the ISAF withdrawal from Afghanistan (February 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung quoted in US News & World Report post on Russia and Olympic values (February 7, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle discusses security at the Olympics on CBC News (February 6, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle quoted in Al Jazeera article on Caucasus Emirate (February 6, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors piece on state-run media in The Moscow Times (February 5, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung and Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov interviewedabout security risks surrounding the Olympics (February 5, 2014).

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors article on Aleksey Navalny and Russian nationalism in Post-Soviet Affairs (February 2014).

Professor James Hershberg publishes article on George F. Kennan in the Journal of Cold War Studies (February 2014).

Professor Laura Engel co-authors article on migration and inequality (January 30, 2014).

Voice of America writes about IERES event on media control in authoritarian societies [in Russian] (January 30, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Lisa Kastner authors article on civil society, consumer protection, and financial regulatory reform (January 28, 2014).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about income inequality (January 28, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung and Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov comment on pre-Olympics tensions (January 27, 2014).

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors piece on Russia’s identity and foreign policy toward Asia (January 25, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle explains the power shift in the Caucasus Emirate (January 24, 2014).

Upcoming book by Assistant Director Robert Orttung and Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov mentioned in New York Times article on Sochi Olympics (January 22, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle comments on the security of the Sochi Olympics (at 3:25) (January 21, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle co-authors article on conflict diffusion in the Caucasus (January 16, 2014).

Professor Henry Hale authors article on the study of civilizations (January 2014).

Professor Harris Mylonas authors chapter on Greece for the European Journal of Political Research’s 2012 Political Data Yearbook (January 14, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Agustin Rossi Silvano co-authors piece on data protection in the European Union [in Spanish] (January 14, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle writes about the threat posed by the Caucasus Emirate to the Sochi Olympics (January 13, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors op-ed on authoritarian regimes and media control in the Washington Post (January 10, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors article on the role of state-run media (January 10, 2014).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung explains how the Olympics in Sochi differ from previous games (January 2014).

Professor Hope Harrison authors chapter on the Berlin Wall in Imposing, Maintaining, and Tearing Open the Iron Curtain: The Cold War and East-Central Europe (January 2014).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov speaks about security threats in the run-up to the Sochi Olympics (January 2, 2014).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle comments on militants in the North Caucasus and the Sochi Olympics [in French] (December 30, 2013).

Ph.D. Student Charles Sullivan authors article on Stalin in Russia today in Canadian Slavonic Papers (December 2013).

Professor Marlene Laruelle writes about anti-migrant riots and xenophobia in Russia (December 23, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt writes on the future of Ukraine’s Euromaidan (December 23, 2013).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung speaks about Ukraine protests to Brazil’s Globo Networks (at 14:40) (December 20, 2013).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung comments on recent developments in Ukraine in GW Today (December 9, 2013).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung and Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov co-author article on the Sochi Olympics and Russia’s civil society (December 2013).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle comments on Russia’s new anti-terrorist law and its impact on insurgency (November 26, 2013).

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors book Russias Artic Strategies and the Future of the Far North (November 2013).

Professor Harris Mylonas quoted in article on the Golden Dawn (November 14, 2013).

Professor Henry Farrell co-authors article on U.S. foreign policy and security leaks in Foreign Affairs (November 2013).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung writes about the Kremlin and Russian NGOs (November 8, 2013).

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors piece on the Kremlin’s conservative ideology (November 8, 2013).

Voice of America writies about IERES event on the impact of the financial crisis on the European periphery [in Greek] (November 7, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt comments on Georgia’s presidential election for World Politics Review (November 4, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed by Voice of Russia on the role of missile defense in US-Russian relations (November 1, 2013).

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors article on Russia and Afghanistan in  The Regional Dimesnions to Security: Other Sides of Afganistan (October 2013).

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse authors article on drug trafficking in The Regional Dimesnions to Security: Other Sides of Afganistan (October 2013).

Professor Sean Roberts writes about Uyghurs in China and the recent incident in Tiananmen Square for CNN (October 31, 2013).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung interviewed about Ukrainian politics [in Ukrainian] (October 29, 2013).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung comments on the importance of the Olympics for Russia and Putin [in French] (October 26, 2013).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors article on Russian unions in the latest issue of Problems of Post-Communism (October 2013).

Professor Henry Hale blogs about Hamid Karzai and the 2014 Afghan presidential election for PONARS Eurasia (October 17, 2013).

Professor Henry Hale authors article on the role of the Internet in Moldovan politics (October 15, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Gulnaz Sharafutdinova writes article on the political system of Tatarstan (October 15, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov co-authors article  on politics in the north Caucasus (October 15, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about Silvio Berlusconi and the impact of Italian politics on the Eurozone (October 8, 2013).

Professor Daina Eglitis co-authors article on Latvian women in the Red Army in Nationalities Papers (October 2, 2013).

Doctoral Fellow Lisel Hintz speaks about Turkey’s EU accession process (September 27, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about coalition building in Germany following the federal election (September 23, 2013).

Professor James Hershberg is interviewed about his book Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Veitnam (September 19, 2013).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung authors piece on Navalny’s campaign (September 16, 2013).

Ph.D. Student Julian Waller writes about support for Alexey Navalny’s mayoral campaign (September 16, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt conducts a joint Armenian-Azerbaijani “internet press conference” on EU and Russian policy in the Caucasus (September 9, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle authors article on understanding civil war violence in the North Caucasus through political ethnography in Critical Studies on Security (September 2013).

Professor Harris Mylonas receives The Peter Katzenstein Book Prize for his book The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities (September 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the upcoming German federal election (September 9, 2013).

The Fall 2013 issue of IERES’s Newsletter IERES Insight, is now available (September 2013).

Professor Henry Hale co-authors article on hybrid regime governance in Russia in Post-Soviet Affairs (September 2013).

Professor James Hershberg interviewed about 50th anniversary of the US-Soviet “Hot Line” for NPR’s Marketplace (August 30, 2013).

Professor Marlene Laruelle authors chapter on geography and the Russian Empire in Empire De/Centered: New Spatial Histories of Russia and the Soviet Union  (August 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt is interviewed by China Radio International on US-Russia Relations (August 30, 2013).

Professor Daina S. Eglitis co-authors introductory textbook Discover Sociology (August 2013).

Professor Sebastien Peyrouse blogs about the race for rare earth minerals in Central Asia for National Geographic (August 20, 2013).

Professor Hope Harrison discusses the September 2013 German federal elections in the latest edition of the Elliott School’s International Affairs Inbox (August 20, 2013).

PONARS Eurasia publishes two collections of policy memos following its workshop in St. Petersburg: Ambiguous Relations: Russia’s Post-Soviet Neighborhood and Russia’s Global Engagement (August 20, 2013).

Ph.D. Student Lisel Hintz comments on Turkey’s reforms and EU accession bid (August 19, 2013).

The New York Review of Books reviews The Chineese Question in Central Asia by Professors Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse (August 15, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed on the Nagorno-Karabakh peace process and US-Azerbaijani relations (August 14, 2013).

Professor Harris Mylonas interviewed about his new book project on diaspora management policies in English (August 14, 2013).

Professor Harvey Feigenbaum blogs about Eastern Europe’s Jewish theme parks.

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted by Deutsche Welle on US-Russia relations after the summit cancellation (August 10, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed on Georgian politics and rule of law (August 7, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about Berlusconi’s possible ban from public office (August 6, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted by Deutsche Welle (August 3, 2013) and El Pais[in Spanish] on the US reaction to Russia’s decision to grant Snowden asylum (August 2, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted by The Atlantic on Russia’s decision to grant Snowden asylum (August 2, 2013).

Professor Marlene Laruelle co-authors article on stability in Afghanistan and Central Asia in The National Interest (August 1, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed by Voice of America on the rule of law in Georgia and US-Georgian relations [in Georgian] (August 1, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Gulnaz Sharafutdinova authors policy memo on Russia’s energy resources and Putin’s future (July 31, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the Italian prime minister’s economic reforms (July 29, 2013).

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes article on foreign policy and identity in Central Asia for Pro et Contra [in Russian] (July 2013).

Professor Laura Engel authors article on the influence of education on community cohesion in the Journal of Educational Research (July 22, 2013).

Professor Evgeny Finkel awarded the American Political Science Association 2013 Gabriel A. Almond Award for the best dissertation in comparative politics.

Professor Harris Mylonas authors chapter on ethnic return migration and freedom of movement in Greece in the forthcoming book Democratic Citizenship and the Free Movement of People.

Associate Director Cory Welt comments on the Navalny verdict and U.S.-Russian relations for Voice of America [in Russian] (July 17, 2013).

Associate Directory Cory Welt publishes policy paper on U.S.-Russian relations in the context of the Snowden Affair (July 17, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov blogs about the UN and Georgia’s territorial integrity for PONARS Eurasia (July 16, 2013).

Professor Sean Roberts co-authors article on China’s development strategy in Central and South Asia (July 15, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle writes article on insurgency in the North Caucasus (July 8, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov authors article on nationalism and religion in the North Caucasus (July 8, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt publishes an updated and revised version of his article “Turkish-Armenian Normailization and the Karabakh Conflict” in the Turkish MFA’s policy journal Perceptions: Journal of International Affairs.

Visiting Scholar Ivan Kurilla writes policy paper on trust and U.S.-Russia relations (July 2013).

Professor Marlene Laruelle co-authors policy paper on Russian strategy in Central Asia (July 2013).

Professor Marlene Laruelle reviews Alexander Cooley’s Great Games, Local Rules: The New Great Power Contest in Central Asia for Asia Policy (July 2013).

Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes paper on EU-US cooperation in Central Asia (July 2013).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung comments on the role of Russia in the Snowden affair for Voice of America [in Spanish] (June 26, 2013).

Professor Harris Mylonas writes piece on the politicization of religion for the Harvard International Review.

Professor Frances Norwood authors chapter on euthanasia in the Netherlands in Transitions and Transformations: Cultural Perspectives on the Life Course (June 2013).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov co-authors article in Slavic Review on the role of dance in identity and dissent in the North Caucasus (June 2013).

Visiting Scholar Ivan Kurilla speaks about commemoration of the Day of Sorrow (June 24, 2013).

Ph.D. Student Alexander Reisenbichler and Professor Kimberly Morgan author article  on how Germany has benefitted from the euro crisis for Foreign Affairs (June 20, 2013). 

Assistant Director Robert Orttung interviewed about his Freedom House report (June 18, 2013) [in Russian].

Assistant Director Robert Orttung authors report on Russia for Freedom House’s Nations in Transit (June 18, 2013).

Director Peter Rollberg reviews the film Love with an Accent (Liubov’s aktsentom) (June 2013).

Professor Harris Mylonas blogs about the current state of Greek politics in the wake of the financial crisis (June 11, 2013).

Ph.D. Student Lisel Hintz writes piece on the creative ways Turkey’s protesters are voicing their discontent (June 10, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about Prime Minister Erdogan’s response to the protests in Turkey (June 10, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov blogs about the arrest of Said Amirov in Dagestan (June 7, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the protests in Turkey (June 6, 2013).

Profesor Wolchik co-authors article on democratization in Azerbaijan in Transitions to Democracy: A Comparative Perspective.

Visiting Scholar Ivan Kurilla speaks about the new president of the Russian Academy of Sciences (June 3, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt co-authors policy report on How Russia Sees the World(May 2013).

Ph.D. Student Lisel Hintz authors article about the role of Turkish identity in the EU accession process (May 30, 2013).

Professor Henry Hale publishes article on regime change in the Annual Review of Political Science (May 2013).

Professor Muriel Atkin authors article on the Islamic opposition in Tajikistan.

Visiting Scholar Aglaya Snetkov comments on Kyrgyzstan’s decision to close the Manas airbase to the US in mid-2014 for Voice of America [in Russian] (May 22, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Aglaya Snetkov speaks about the US-Russia reset [part 2] (May 13, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the state of the global economy (May 13, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Ivan Kurilla and Ph.D. Student Charles Sullivan analyze US-Russia relations on the anniversary of the victory over the Nazis in WWII (May 8, 2013) [in Russian].

Professor Harris Mylonas discusses nation-building in a recent article for e-International Relations (May 8, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about austerity in the Eurozone (May 6, 2013).

Professor Michelle Kelso co-authors policy paper on women and business leadership (April 2013).

Professor Henry Hale authors policy paper on prospects for Afghanistan in 2014 (April 2013).

Proessor Hope M. Harrison authors article about looking back at the history of the Berlin Wall.

Professor Marlene Laruelle edits volume on Migration and Social Upheaval as the Face of Globalization in Central Asia (April 2013). 

Associate Dirctor Cory Welt comments on The Boston Marathon Attack, the North Caucasus, and U.S.-Russian Relations (April 22, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov blogs about radicalization and violence in the wake of the Boston bombings (April 22, 2013).

Professor Michelle Kelso authors article on the Romani genocide and Holocaust education in Romania (April 20, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle won the 2013 Best Doctoral Student Papers Award (Russia/Caucasus section) for his paper Insurgency in North Caucasus: Ethnographic Assessment of the Pathways toward Rebellion in Dagestan at the annual Association for the Study of Nationalities conference (April 2013).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle speaks about integration and radicalization [in French] (April 19, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle interviewed about radicalization in Chechnya in the aftermath of the Boston bombings (April 19, 2013).

Voice of America wrote about Kimitaka Matsuzato’s recent talk at IERES on Perspectives on Russia and Eurasia from Outside the Euro-Atlantic World [in Russian] (April 18, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about Margaret Thatcher’s legacy (April 16, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov blogs about Russian military drills in the Black Sea (April 12, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about Prime Minister Cameron’s proposed EU referendum (April 8, 2013).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors op-ed on state control of the media in Russia in the International Herald Tribune (April 5, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Hongsub Lee authors article on Russian military reform in the March issue of Slavic Studies [in Korean].

Associate Director Cory Welt and Visiting Scholar Ivan Kurilla co-author article on the US-Russia Reset (March 29, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the bailout in Cyprus (March 25, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed by IPN (Tbilisi) on Georgian political developments (March 22, 2013).

Ph.D. student Charles Sullivan authors working paper on nostalgia for the USSR in contemporary Russia (March 20, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the financial crisis in Cyprus (March 18, 2013).

Professor Eliot Sorel speaks about the upcoming Regional Congress of The World Psychiatric Association in Romania (March 2013).

Professors Harvey Feigenbaum and Harris Mylonas quoted in article on European Secessionist movements (March 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about governance in Europe and the U.S. (March 4, 2013).

Professor Harris Mylonas discusses the current political climate in Greece in the latest edition of the Elliott School’s International Affairs Inbox (February 25, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about Italy’s election (February 25, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Niklas Nilsson writes paper on the role of democracy in Georgia’s foreign policy (February 13, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt is interviewed by KNPR (Nevada Public Radio) about U.S.-Russia relations (Feburary 11, 2013).

Professor Laura Engel co-authors article on the impact of school violence on immigrant populations internationally in Comparative Education Review (February 2013).

Professors Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse co-author woking paper on the EU’s role regarding Afghan-Central Asian relations (February 2013).

The Spring 2013 issue of IERES’ Newsletter , IERES Insight, is now available (February 2013).

Research Scientist Dmitry Streletskiy quoted in article about permafrost in Russia (January 30, 2013).

Professor Eliot Sorel co-organizing conference on Primary Care, Mental Health and Public Health Integration at the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania this April.

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed by Voice of America on Georgian politics and foreign policy [in Georgian] (January 25, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted in article on 2013 Freedom House Rankings in Eurasia (January 16, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman writes about Estonia’s experience with cyberwarfare (January 14, 2013).

Professor Evgeny Finkel co-edits book on Coloured Revolutions and Authoritarian Reactions (January 8, 2013).

Professor Kimberly Morgan discusses social welfare in the US and Europe in an article in Foreign Affairs (January 2013).

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes book The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities (January 2013).

Visiting Scholar Albert Schmidt authors chapter on Soviet law and perestroika (2012).

Professors Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse co-author working paper on regional organizations in Central Asia (2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the prime ministership of Italy (December 31, 2012).

Professor Muriel Atkin writes chapter on Iran, Russia, and Tajikistan’s civil war (December 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors piece on Greece’s political changes in the European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook (December 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman writes about Italy’s upcoming elections (December 17, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Olena Rybiy writes about the Ukrainian parliamentary elections (December 13, 2012).

GW Today writes about IERES’ work on the Arctic (December 10, 2012).

Ph.D. Student Lisel Hintz authors article on Turkish politics and soap operas (December 7, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Margaret Paxson authors article on peace in France during WWII (December 6, 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse authors policy brief on France and Central Asia (November 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes paper on UAE investment in Central Asia (November 2012).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle speaks with Voice of America about the situation in the North Caucasus [in Russian] (November 29, 2012).

Professor Henry Hale co-authors article on political systems in book Russia’s Regions and Comparative Subnational Politics (November 16, 2012).

The Washington Post names Professor James Hershberg’s book Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam one of the ten best books of 2012 (November 16, 2012).

Ph.D. Student Alexander Reisenbichler and Professor Kimberly Morgan author article on the German Labor Market and the Financial Crisis (December 2012).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung speaks about the Ukrainian elections at the Kennan Institute (November 2, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman writes about the power of Putin’s Russia (October 31, 2012).

Professor Sharon Wolchik co-authors chapter on democracy in Post-communist Europe and Eurasia in Socialism Challenged, Socialism Vanquished:  China and Eastern Europe Compared, 1989-2009 (October 2012)

Professor James Hershberg provides insight on the Cuban Missile Crisis on the 50th anniversary of the event (October 23, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle authors article on participant observation in conflict zones in Research Methods in Critical Security Studies (October 22, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman writes about What the European Union Must Do Post-Nobel Prize (October 22, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt writes on Georgia’s political future (October 15, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Niklas Nilsson writes about the International Implications of Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections (October 15, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Margaret Paxson writes about her research on genocide and resistance during the Holocaust in The Wilson Quarterly (October 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted by Christian Science Monitor on US-Georgia relations (October 10, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Niklas Nilsson co-authors piece on Prospects and Pitfalls after Georgia’s Elections (October 4, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt discusses Georgia’s parliamentary elections on NPR (October 2, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted by CNN on Georgia’s parliamentary elections (September 29, 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle authors policy brief on Iran’s regional quagmire (September 27, 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes article on conspirology and nationalism in Russia in The Russian Review (September 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt writes on Georgia’s parliamentary elections (September 27, 2012).

Professor Merve Kavakci publishes article on secularism in Turkey (September 2012).

Visiting Scholar Niklas Nilsson publishes article on Georgia’s Parliamentary Elections (September 19, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt speaks on Georgia’s upcoming parliamentary elections (video, at 9:30) (September 19, 2012).

Professor Henry Hale authors article on trends in Russian perspectives on democracy (September 19, 2012).

Research Professors Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse publish book entitled The Chinese Question in Central Asia: Domestic Order, Social Change, and the Chinese Factor (September 2012). 

Call for applications: 2013-14 Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research and Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Cold War/Post-1945 International History(September 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt testifies at a Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission briefing on human rights in Georgia (September 11, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted in article on US Ambassador to Azerbaijan [in Azerbaijani] (September 6, 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes policy brief on Europe’s role in East Asian security (September 5, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt comments on Obama and Romney Russia policy [in Russian] (September 5, 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse authors paper on rare earth metals in Central Asia and Mongolia (August 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes piece on tensions in Tajikistan’s Pamir region (August 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on trade with China and Afghanistan in Problems of Post-Communism (July/August 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle writes piece on Uzbekistan’s withdrawal from the CSTO (August 2012).

Professor Eliot Sorel publishes book entitled 21st Century Global Mental Health (August 2012). 

Professor Michelle Kelso comments on France’s plan to dismantle Roma camps (August 15, 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle authors article on Israel and Central Asia (July 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit (July 2012).

Professor Sharon Wolchik publishes article on Putinism and protests in Russia (July 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt publishes article on the Turkey-Armenia normalization process and the Karabakh conflict (July 2012).

Richard Peres writes book about IERES Professor Merve Kavakci (June 2012).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung authors report on Russia for Freedom House’s Nations in Transit 2012 (June 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas speaks about current events in Greece to the Associated Press (June 20, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas comments on the upcoming elections on Nightly Business Report (June 12, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted by Reuters on the Magnitsky Act (June 5, 2012).

Professor Sean Roberts publishes article on Democracy in Kazakhstan.

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes article on nationalism in Kyrgyzstan.

Professor Emeritus Peter Reddaway co-authors opinion piece on dishonoring Stalin’s victims (June 11, 2012).

Professor Erwan Lagadec publishes book entitled Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century: Europe, America and the Rise of the Rest (May 2012).

Prof. Harris Mylonas speaks about Eurozone reforms and local politics (May 31, 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle co-authors report on security and development in Central Asia.

Professor Harris Mylonas comments on Greece’s recent election (May 28, 2012).

Professor Harvey Feigenbaum comments on Germany and the financial crisis in the Eurozone (May 25, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt testifies at a U.S. Helsinki Commission briefing on elections in the Caucasus (May 23, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed on NATO and Caucasus security (May 23, 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle writes piece on Russia and Central Asia (May 21, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt comments on Georgian Politics in a Washington Postarticle (May 16, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman joins a US News and World Report debate on whether Greece should leave the Eurozone (May 16, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas speaks about Greece and the Eurozone on PBS’ Nightly Business Report (May 14, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks with BBC World on Greece Coalition Talks (May 11, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors piece on the aftermath of Greek elections (May 9, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the financial crisis on Huffington Post College (May 9, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks about electoral reponses to austerity measures on NPR’s On Point (May 8, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas comments on coalition talks in Greece (May 8, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas authors a pre-election report on Greece (May 5, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas comments on the rise of fringe parties in Greece (May 4, 2012).

Post Doctoral Fellow Serhiy Kudelia authors book chapter on Ukrainian foreign policy(May 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt writes on trade and human rights in US-Russia relations (April 30, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks about European economies on PBS Newshour (April 27, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted in article on nominee for US Ambassador to Azerbaijan [in Azerbaijani] (April 27, 2012).

Professor Michelle Kelso conducts research on employment challenges for women in Switzerland and the US (April 26, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov publishes article on Circassian nationalism (April 18, 2012).

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt comments on recent shifts in Russian-Georgian relations (April 16, 2012).

Stephanie Benedict, recepient of the Hoffman Conference Travel Grant, is awarded a study tour to Brussels at the Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the EU (April 2012).

IERES Post Doctoral Fellow Serhiy Kudelia quoted in article on Ukraine-EU relations(April 9, 2012).

IERES Director Henry Hale quoted in article on informal politics in Russia (April 5, 2012).

Professor Laura Engel wins the 2011-2012 American Consortium on European Union Studies (ACES) research seed grant award for the project “European Policy Uses of International Comparisons of Academic Achievement” (March 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors two articles on state-building in Ethnopolitics(March 2012).

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt writes on Russian presidential elections and the U.S.-Russia “reset” (March 1, 2012).

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Lisel Hintz is awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to study Turkish in Turkey.

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed on the Russia-Georgia WTO agreement [in Russian] (February 17, 2012).

Professor Daina Eglitis speaks about language and identity in Latvia (February 17, 2012).

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt writes an article on the Russia-Georgia WTO agreement (February 6, 2012).

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt quoted in an article on US-Georgia defense cooperation (February 6, 2012).

IERES Post Doctoral Fellow Serhiy Kudelia speaks about protests and upcoming elections in Russia on Al Jazeera’s The Stream (February 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas selected to be an associate editor at Nationalities Papers(February 2012).

IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors opinion piece on protests and media in Russia (February 2, 2012). 

IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung writes about Ukrainian gas production [In Russian] [In Ukrainian] (January 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors opinion piece on “Regional Multilateralism: The Next Paradigm in Global Affairs” (January 14, 2012).

PONARS Eurasia receives a two-year, $800,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to continue its work on scholarly work and policy engagement.

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Lisel Hintz publishes article Explaining Democratic Failure in the Post-Soviet Space (December 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas coauthors article on Greek politics (December 2011).

IERES Post Doctoral Fellow Serhiy Kudelia authors chapter in Open Ukraine: Changing Course Towards a European Future (December 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale quoted in CNN article on Russian oligarchs (December 13, 2011).

IERES Post Doctoral Fellow Serhiy Kudelia is interviewed about conflict in post-Soviet countries (December 12, 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale discusses the recent Duma elections in Russia (December 5, 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale and Assistant Director Robert Orttung author chapters in Russia in 2020 (November 2011).

IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors opinion piece on Russia’s revolution (November 30, 2011).

Professor Merve Kavakci is named one of the 500 most influential Muslims of the world in 2011 by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center (November 2011).

IERES Visiting Scholar Albert Schmidt publishes article on lawyering and politics in Lincolnshire (November 2011).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes paper on Russia’s strategies in Afghanistan and their consequences for NATO (November 2011).

IERES Post Doctoral Fellow Evan Liaras and Professor Harris Mylonas co-author opinion piece on the causes of the Greek financial crisis (November 20, 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas discusses the Greek financial crisis (November 2011).

IERES Associate Directory Cory Welt is interviewed about what improved Turkish-Armenian relations would mean for Azerbaijan (November 4, 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-writes article on Greece’s legitimacy crisis (November 3, 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors opinion piece on the economic crisis in Greece(November 2, 2011).

Professor Hope Harrison quoted in Washington Post article on the Berlin Wall(October 27, 2011).

Professor Sharon Wolchik co-authors the book Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries (October 2011).

Professor Eliot Sorel co-authors piece on mental health and the United Nations (October 7, 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors article on third-party state-building (October 2011).
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Call for Applications: the 2012 Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research (October 2011).

Call for Papers: the 10th Annual LSE-GWU-UCSB International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War

IERES Director Henry Hale publishes article on autocracy in Russia in Europe-Asia Studies (October 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale authors article on ethnicity and politics in Nations and Nationalism (October 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale publishes article on institutions and democratization in Eurasia in World Politics (October 2011).

Professor Frances Norwood receives the 2011 Margaret Mead Award for her book The Maintenance of Life: Preventing Social Death through Euthanasia Talk and End-of-Life Care – Lessons from The Netherlands (September 2011). 

Incoming Visiting Scholar Marianne Birthler is awarded the Order of Merit, Verdienstorden, the highest honor of the city of Berlin (September 31, 2011).

IERES publishes fall issue of its newsletter, IERES Insight (September 2011).

PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference Book now available (September 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale co-edits book on Russia in the 2000s (September 2011).

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes article on the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (September 2011).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle writes breifing on the relationship between Central Asia and Afghanistan (August 2011).

Professor Daina Eglitis is awarded an International Scholars Fellowship at the Open Society Institute (August 2011).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman discusses Eurozone on PBS Newshour (August 16, 2011).

Professor Hope Harrison featured in piece about the Berlin Wall (August 13, 2011).

Professor Hope Harrison in New York Times article on the Berlin Wall (August 12, 2011).

Professor Hope Harrison writes piece on the building of the Berlin Wall (August 2011).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman disusses the UK riots and the European debt crisis on NPR (August 11, 2011).

Professor Hope Harrison interviewed for the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Wall (August 11, 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman interviewed about Washington’s role in the economy (August 10, 2011).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman interviewed about the US credit rating and debt ceiling (August 8, 2011).

Professor Hope Harrison discusses the mental barriers that remain even after the fall of the Berlin Wall in The New York Times (August 8, 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman interviewed about the US stock market (August 7, 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman appears on “Channel 9 WUSA Bruce Johnson Talks Economy” (August 6, 2011).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman discusses the US’ credit rating (August 5, 2011).

Professor Steven Pifer publishes opinion piece on democracy in Ukraine (July 28, 2011).
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IERES Director Henry Hale writes opinion piece on Russia’s party system (July 18, 2011) .
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IERES Director Henry Hale interviewed about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (July 6, 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas writes about clashes between protestors and police in Greece (July 5, 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman discusses the Greek financial crisis (June 30, 2011).
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Research Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes policy brief on EU-Russia relations and Asian security (June 22, 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas analyzes the cabinet reshuffle in Greece (June 17, 2011).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle writes commentary on Central Asian Islamism (June 2011).

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes article on the war in Afghanistan (June 2011).

Professor Henry Farrell co-authors article on the Euro (May/June 2011).
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The 2013 WPA Regional Congress, focusing on facilitating mental health and primary care intergration in Southeast Europe and Eurasia, will be held in Bucharest.

Associate Director Cory Welt, in Baku, comments on US-Azerbaijani relations and the Karabakh conflict for News.az (May 2, 2011).

Professor Sharon Wolchik receives summer research fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Center for the project”From Belgrade to Egypt:  The Impact of Youth Activists in the Postcommunist World on the Middle East/North Africa.”

Professor Merve Kavakci publishes opinion piece on Islamic dress in Europe (April 28, 2011).
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IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes article on pipeline politics in post-Soviet countries (April 2011).

IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors op-ed in New York Times about media and revolutions (April 22, 2011).
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Associate Director Cory Welt, visiting Baku, comments on US-Russia security cooperation for the Azerbaijani press agency APA (April 21, 2011).

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes piece on revolutions (April 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas and Wilder Bullard publish op-ed on intervention in Libya (April 13, 2011).

Professor Merve Kavakci-Islam discusses the burqa ban in France (April 13, 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors op-ed on US austerity measures and foreign policy (April 1, 2011).

The Mellon Foundation awards a 3-year, $285,000 grant to support a week-long summer institute for Ph.D. students on archival research and a Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Cold War/Post-1945 International History (March 2011).

IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung publishes article on the Russian gas industry (March 25, 2011).
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Article about IERES event featured on Eurasianet (March 23, 2011).
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Professor Hope Harrison’s book on the building of the Berlin Wall is published in German (March 2011).

Paid internships available at the U.S.-Russia Business Council (March 2011).

The spring issue of the IERES newsletter is now available (March 2011).

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Lisel Hintz is awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to study Turkish in Bursa, Turkey (March 2011).

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes piece on state failure and radical Islam in Central Asia (March 2011).

IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors op-ed on revolutions and democracy (March 7, 2011).
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Deadline for applications for the Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research extended to March 10.

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt and co-author Samuel Charap publish report A More Proactive U.S. Approach to the Georgia Conflicts (February 2011).

Report by IERES Associate Director Cory Welt and co-author Samuel Charap quoted on the North Caucasus in the New York Times (February 12, 2011).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt is quoted in “Look Who’s Doing the K Street Shuffle” (February 10, 2011).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt and co-author Samuel Charap publish commentary for IISS Caucasus Security Insight on easing the crossing regime along the Akbhazian and South Ossetian conflict lines.

Professor Harris Mylonas and Wilder Bullard publish op-ed discussing the security implications of uprisings in the Middle East (February 8, 2011)
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Call for Applications: IERES Postdoctoral Fellowships 2011-12 (January 2011)

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes piece on insurgency in the North Caucasus (January 2011)
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Call for applications: 2001-2012 Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Cold War/Post-1945 International History (January 2011)

Call for applications: 2011 Summer Institute for Conducting Archival Research(January 2011)

Call for applications: one-day workshop on conducting archival research in non-US archives (January 2011)

February 2011 issue of East European Politics & Societies features articles prepared for IERES workshop (January 2011).
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IERES Visiting Scholar Francisco Javier Rodriguez Jimenez publishes book Antidoto Contra el Antiamericanismo? American Studies en Espana, 1945-1969

Professor Steven Pifer writes article on the New START treaty (December 2010).
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Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors opinion piece on Kosovo (December 22, 2010).
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PONARS Eurasia launches new website.
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt co-writes piece on resolving the Georgia conflict (December 16, 2010).
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Professor Steven Pifer writes article on the New START treaty (December 2010).
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Dr. Lajos F. Szaszdi co-authors “What Russia’s Stealth Fighter Developments Mean for America” (November 30, 2010).
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Paid internships available at the U.S.-Russia Business Council.
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt writes on Georgia’s new constitutional reforms (November 11, 2010).
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Professor Merve Kavakci publishes Headscarf Politics in Turkey (October 2010).

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt co-authors “A New Approach to the Russia-Georgia Conflict” (October 18, 2010).
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PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference Book now available (October 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt is interviewed by Caucasus Times on regional political and security issues (October 14, 2010).
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Call for Papers: 2011 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War

IERES affiliate Nikola Mirilovic publishes a book review in Comparative Political Studies (October 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt is quoted in “Tbilisi Pressing Washington to OK Defense Purchases,” EurasiaNet, September 15, 2010.
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Prof. Edward Chow co-writes report on Central Asian pipelines (September 2010).
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IERES Visiting Scholar Ridvan Peshkopia publishes “A Ghost from the Future: The Postsocialist Myth of Capitalism and the Ideological Suspension of Postmodernity” in Theoria: A Journal of Political and Social Theory (September 2010).

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes “Assimilation and its Alternatives: Caveats in the Study of Nation-Building Policies” in Rethinking Violence: States and Non-State Actors in Conflict (August 2010).
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PONARS Eurasia releases “Kyrgyzstan: Recovery and Reformation,” Policy Perspectives (August 2010).
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Visiting Scholar Albert Schmidt writes about artifacts of industrial England in The Towpath, C&O Canal’s newsletter.
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IERES Director Henry Hale publishes article on the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections in Journal of Democracy (July 2010) .
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Professor Harris Mylonas co-writes an op-ed on stopping ethnic cleansing in Kyrgyzstan (June 23, 2010).
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Professor Harris Mylonas discusses religion and politics in his presentation on “New Trends In the Data on on Religion and Democracy” (Pgs. 16, 18 and 19).
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IERES affiliate Nikola Mirilovic writes an article on the links between migration and security in Comparative Politics.
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Visiting Scholar Albert Schmidt writes about the canals of Milan in The Towpath, C&O Canal’s newsletter.
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Professor James Goldgeier discusses President Obama’s relationship with British Prime Minister Cameron (May 13, 2010).
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IERES Director Henry Hale cowrites article on the 2007-08 Russian election cycle and the resulting “tandemocracy” (March/April 2010).
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Professor Harris Mylonas comments on Greek politics and the financial crisis (May 10, 2010).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks about the Greek financial crisis on the Colbert Report (May 10, 2010).
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IERES Director Henry Hale participates in a panel discussion at the Woodrow Wilson Center (May 5, 2010).
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Professor Peter Rollberg authors the first English reference guide devoted to Russian and Soviet cinema (April 2010).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman explains Greece’s debt crisis and the global response on NPR’s On Point (April 29, 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt comments on setbacks in the Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process (April 28, 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt comments on Ukraine’s decision to extend the Black Sea Fleet’s lease (April 26, 2010).
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Professor Edward Chow discusses Russia-Ukraine gas relations (April 22, 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt discusses the US-Georgian strategic partnership at the Woodrow Wilson Center (April 19, 2010).
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Graduate Student Fellow Medlir Mema wins ACES-EU Center of Excellence Pre-PhD Dissertation Award to study the International Criminal Court (April 11, 2010).

Voice of America Web TV posts coverage of IERES’ Academic Workshop “Ukraine’s 2010 Presidential Elections: What We Learned” (April 7, 2010).
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Professor Harris Mylonas discusses the usefulness of a European Monetary Fund (April 4, 2010).
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IERES Director Henry Hale discusses the role of Azerbaijan (March 23, 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt comments on Georgia’s new strategy of engagement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia for EurasiaNet (March 18, 2010).
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IERES announces 2010-2011 post-doctoral fellowships.
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Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors op-ed “Greece’s crisis, Germany’s gain” (March 15, 2010)
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IERES Visiting Scholar Ingrid Lundestad publishes op-ed “Will the US become more active in the Arctic?” (March 12, 2010).
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Professor Henry Farrell explains how people’s trust for the government and the economy relate in the Alaska Star (March 11, 2010). 
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Professor Hope Harrison discusses her research of the Berlin Wall and professional experience at the White House in German on Deutschlandfunk (January 31, 2010).
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IERES Director Henry Hale outlines Eurasian polities as hybrid regimes and Russian political development under Putin, in the Journal of Eurasian Studies (December 2009).
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Professor Rollberg discusses the Pushkin statue at GW in an interview by the State Department (October 16, 2009).
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Article about Elliott School alumna featured in GW Today.
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