I Study Autocratic Elections and I'm Concerned about the US
The election is over and Republicans now control the Presidency, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Democratic theory tells us...
On the 80th Anniversary of Havel’s Birth: A Remembrance of Plastic People and Greengrocers
In early 1990, Vaclav Havel took New York by storm. Six months earlier he had been in jail and two months earlier he had been elected...
A note on "Fabricating Votes for Putin"
Attention scholars of vote fraud. Here is a link to an article just published in Post-Soviet Affairs by Rodion Skovoroda and Tomila...
The Television Versus the Internet Versus Reality in Russia
Many people view public opinion in Russia as divided into those who get their news from television and largely support the government and...
Where's Andropov and Where's My Baby
With Vladimir Putin’s disappearance from public view running more than 10 days, I will never have a better chance to circulate these...