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Tuesday, October 18th, 2022
Strong state, weak society: state capacity, economic development and clientelism in modern Russia
This paper provides a comparative analysis of how highly differentiated regions of Russia perform in terms of economic development, public services delivery and overall quality of governance while linking these factors to levels of political support for the current incumbent during the latest presidential electoral campaign in 2018. It introduces...
Saturday, November 4th, 2017
Russia’s neo-imperial dependence model: Experiences of former Soviet republics
The Russian aggression against Georgia in 2008, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, constant pressure on Belarus and political ambitions in Moldova have brought Russia’s geopolitical ambitions in the former Soviet republics to the spotlight and pushed them into facing a difficult dilemma between a growing partnership with the EU or...
