Panel 1: The Russian Autocratic State
Chair: Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Andrei Semenov, Nazarbayev University, Liubov Chernysheva, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, and Vsevolod Bederson, Independent Scholar
“Grassroots Urban Activism and the Use of Digital Platforms in Russia”
Kirill Shamiev, European Council on Foreign Relations
“Political Causes of Russia’s Battlefield Performance”
Mikhail Turchenko, Indiana University
“Post-Authoritarian Russia Will Need Transitional Justice: Evidence from In-depth Interviews with Russian Wartime Migrants”
Discussant: William Hill, Kennan Institute
Panel 2: Governance and Nation-Building in Ukraine
Chair: Ivan U. Klyszcz, The International Centre for Defence and Security
Bidzina Lebanidze, Georgian Institute of Politics & Giorgi Gvalia, Ilia State University
“Does War Still Make States? State and Nation Building in Ukraine and Russian Aggression”
Oleksandra Keudel, Kyiv School of Economics
“National Resilience in Local Hands? The Role of Local Self-Government Authorities in Ukraine’s Resilience”
Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University
“Out of the Cold? Support for Democracy and Victory in Ukraine Through the Winter War”
Hilary Appel, Claremont McKenna College & Madeline Dornfeld, Claremont McKenna College
“Ukraine’s EU Membership Prospects: Taking on Europe’s Budgetary and Institutional Hurdles”
Discussant: Gene Fishel, George Mason University
Panel 3: Russian Foreign Policy in Global Perspective
Chair: Danielle Lussier, Grinnell College
Kornely Kakachia, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
“Strategic Implications of Russia’s Intended Permanent Naval Base in Ochamchire”
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
“The Hamas War and the Russia-Ukraine war”
Ivan U. Klyszcz, The International Centre for Defence and Security
“Russia’s Changing Latin American Strategy”
Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University
“Why Central Asians Fault the US, NATO, and Not Russia for the War in Ukraine”
Discussant: Hilary Appel, Claremont McKenna College
Panel 4: Public Opinion and Activism in Russia
Chair: David Szakonyi, The George Washington University
Anton Shirikov, Columbia University
“Filtering the News: Why Russians Prefer Propaganda and Shield Themselves from Independent Reporting”
Danielle Lussier, Grinnell College
“Shifting Political Thresholds in the Russian Mass Public”
Maria Snegovaya, Georgetown University, Graeme Robertson, UNC Chapel Hill, & Peter Pomerantsev, Johns Hopkins University
“Explaining Public Sphere Conformity with War in Russia”
Irina Busygina, Harvard University & Mikhail Filippov, Binghamton University (SUNY)
“After the Collapse: How to Prevent a Return to the Previous Model?”
Discussant: Mary Glantz, U.S. Institute of Peace
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Panel 1: The Russian Autocratic State
1:21:05 Panel 2: Governance and Nation-Building in Ukraine
2:55:16 Panel 3: Russian Foreign Policy in Global Perspective
4:23:35 Panel 4: Public Opinion and Activism in Russia