Rachel Wellhausen and Boliang Zhu examine how an unprecedented interstate war—the Russian invasion beginning 24 February 2022—reshaped the presence of foreign firms inside the Russian economy. The question: when host states face war, sanctions, and public backlash, do multinational firms leave, and what political forces shape those exits?
This study analyzes 1,140 resolutions and amendments explicitly targeting Russia in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) from 2007 to 2021. It investigates how cultural politics—especially debates over LGBT rights and traditional family values promoted by Putin—shape divisions over support for Russia across and within European parties.
Scholars have long puzzled over the stark differences in authoritarian longevity. This article examines all authoritarian regimes from 1900 to 2015 and finds a key pattern: revolutionary origins predict extraordinary durability.
This paper reframes civilian control of the military, traditionally viewed through coup lenses. It argues that factors weakening military oversight share commonalities across democratic regimes.
Title: Self-Selection Into Public Service When Corruption is Widespread: The Anomalous Russian Case
Nationwide mass protests in electoral authoritarian regimes like Russia often spark localized activism. This study examines the conditions under which such protest waves produce lasting social movement organizations using comparative analysis across four Russian regions during and after the 2011-2012 "For Fair Elections" (FFE) protests. The research argues that sustained local SMOs emerge when veteran activists perceive opportunities to leverage national-level mobilization for ongoing regional political goals.
This article explores how historical foreign rule in Poland influenced the structure and efficiency of modern public administrations. Using survey data from over 650 Polish bureaucracies, the author investigates legacies stemming from partitions by Prussia, Austria, and Russia.
Conflict legacies in Chechnya have created a unique legal landscape where state law coexists with Sharia and customary systems.
How do perceived motives of foreign donors shape attitudes toward aid in an active conflict zone? The focus is the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine and two competing ways of framing donor intent: as alleviating suffering (humanitarian) or as expanding donor power and influence (political influence).
Vote brokers are crucial intermediaries for politicians seeking to mobilize voters through clientelist appeals, yet the effectiveness of different broker types remains unclear.
This study investigates how autocracies manage collective action through representation, using data from Imperial Russia.
Economic reforms aimed at reducing state roles vary widely across regions. This study examines privatization effectiveness in postcommunist Russia, focusing on regional variation in public administration size. Using a multilevel design that controls for pre-reform selection, we analyze the relationship between state bureaucracy and firm productivity post-privatization.