Friday Reverse Puzzler: Secession, Recognition, and Ukrainian Politics
By Bridget Coggins Many Fridays we take a single puzzling question on contemporary political violence and take a…
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Boarding Up Windows of Opportunity in Ukraine
By Andrew Kydd Is Ukraine destined for partition or even war? Powerful forces are driving the situation in that…
The Problem With Ukraine’s Transition to Democracy
Guest post by Julia Gray Research on the connection between prosperity and democracy suggests that democracy is unlikely to…
The Crisis in Crimea
By Taylor Marvin Many are deeming it Europe’s most serious security crisis since the dissolution of the USSR. Russia…
What’s Putin Up To?
By Andrew Kydd Russian troops have moved into the Crimean peninsula, but Vladimir Putin is running silent as Clarence…
Let’s Play the NATO Game
By Steve Saideman Lots of folks are hoping for NATO to do something to stop Putin in Crimea. As…
How Government Tracking Works (We Think) and What Average Citizens Can Do About It
By Barbara F. Walter There’s an enormous amount of misperception, cluelessness, and uncertainty about the implications of carrying a…
Old Wine in an E-bottle (or, The Text that Mistook Itself for a Tactical Shift)
By Christian Davenport On January 24th Barbara Walter wrote a fascinating blog entry entitled “The Text that Changed the…
The Text that Changed the World
By Barbara F. Walter On Tuesday the Ukrainian government sent the following text message to thousands of protesters…
Ukraine and Thailand: They Are the Real Deal
By Erica Chenoweth In case you missed it, Viktor Yanukovich’s U-turn on European integration has incensed many Ukrainians, who…