Enabling Russian Paranoia: A Response to Thomas Weber

Eliot Borenstein Tuesday, December 5th, 2017

We may not be colluding with Russia, but we are handing over propaganda victories free of charge

The Eye of Sauron over Moscow, or, Revenge of the Orcs

Eliot Borenstein Thursday, December 11th, 2014

Nothing says “Evil Empire” like the Eye of Sauron.

Noncompetitive elections and dissent: Evidence from the USSR

Anastassia Kostrioukova Friday, September 19th, 2014

Sept. 12 marked the opening of the Jordan Center’s Fall 2014 Colloquium Series with a presentation by Arturas Rozenas, Assistant Professor at the NYU Department of Politics, whose current research focuses on authoritarian states, electoral competitions and statistical methodology. Rozenas presented a paper on the nature of Soviet elections, which he had written several years ago and currently wishes to revive with newly gathered data from the KGB and Communist Party archives in Lithuania.