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Joshua Tucker introduces new book on how communism's legacy shapes present attitudes
Jordan Center Director Joshua Tucker delivered the NESEEES keynote address on his new book, "Communism’s Shadow: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes" (co-authored with Grigore Pop-Eleches).
Tracing Communism’s Reach, 100 Years After the Russian Revolution: An Interview with Joshua Tucker
Was Fukuyama right? Did communism die with the Soviet Union? Your answer may depend, in part, on your definition of what it means for an ideology to be “living.” But...
The Sources of Putin's Support: Panel Recap
On Friday, October 25th the Jordan Center welcomed three NYU-based experts on contemporary Russian politics to participate in a panel discussion regarding the current situation of President Vladimir Putin’s regime.
Panel Discusses Russia, Ukraine, and the Crimean Crisis
In light of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, the Jordan Center welcomed several distinguished guests to discuss the events at Maidan, Russia’s involvement in the Crimean referendum for independence, and...
An Interdisciplinary Study of the Russian Revolution
Scholars host a roundtable to discuss the multi-layered legacy of 1917.
NYU Abu Dhabi Institute hosts lively debate on Russia-Ukraine relations
On February 25, 2015, a large crowd convened at NYU’s Abu Dhabi Institute for a panel on the current relations between Ukraine, Russia and the West. The panel, titled “Russia-Ukraine...
Scholars, journalists discuss kompromat in today's setting
We self-generate kompromat all day long.
Will Russia’s economic turmoil affect its foreign policy?
How is the current financial crisis in Russia likely to affect Putin’s foreign policy choices in the short to mid-term future?
What does Boris Nemtsov’s murder mean for Russia?
The more I think about Nemtsov’s murder, the more worried I am about what comes next.
Dinissa Duvanova tackles social media and political behavior in Ukraine
On February 13, 2015, the Jordan Center’s Colloquium Series welcomed Dinissa Duvanova, an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations at Lehigh University, to speak about her recent research...
Panel discusses whether Russia’s managed election hints at change
The four panelists argued that the elections reflect a country undergoing significant changes behind the scenes.
Samuel Casper studies letters to Mikoyan to understand rehabilitation after the Great Terror
Once you’re stigmatized, castigated, reviled for social identity, how do you crawl your way back up?
Benjamin Nathans revisits the drama behind the Soviet dissident movement
We have the basic plot of the story, but we don’t know the drama behind the plot.
Jordan Center Director speaks with Sky News
Jordan Center Director Joshua A. Tucker spoke to Sky News on Saturday November 19th about the future of US-Russian relations following the US elections. Here is the interview:
Kompromat: Everything You Wanted to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask)
The logic is simple: If you know that “the services” have a file on you, with information that could get you arrested or destroy your career, you are not very...
Russia and the Women's Marches
The signs linking Russia, Putin and Trump invoked existing language and memes that were often bawdy and hilarious.
Russians are protesting! Why? A Monkey Cage Symposium
Do the protests that took place across 99 cities in Russia on Sunday signify that meaningful change in Russian politics is likely?
Putin won reelection. Now he’s a "lame duck." What will that mean?
To nobody’s surprise, Russian President Vladimir Putin won reelection to a fourth term on March 18, by a wide margin. With Putin’s (last?) presidential election in the books, I reached...
Will it be ‘happy talk’ — or will Trump and Putin focus on arms control and other critical issues?
With the U.S.-Russia summit approaching, I reached out to former U.S. Ambassador to Russia and current Stanford University political science professor Michael McFaul. McFaul, who recently published “From Cold War...
Podcast: The Use of Twitter Bots in Russian Political Communications
Today, "All the Russias" is pleased to feature a podcast recorded during the annual conference of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia). PONARS...