Featuring:
Henry Hale, Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, George Washington University, Co-Director of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia)
Yoshiko M. Herrera, Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Director of UW-Madison Partnership with Nazarbayev University in Kazakhstan
Kimberly Marten, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Political Science at Barnard College, Director of the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at Columbia’s Harriman Institute
Graeme Robertson, Professor of Political Science, UNC Chapel Hill
Will Putin actually become a "lame duck" in the conventional sense of term-limited presidents? If so, when? If not, why? What does this hold for policy - both foreign and domestic - in the coming years? And what does it mean for Russian politics in Putin's "last term"? If Putin really is going to be stepping aside, then what comes next?