NB: Next week’s Russia Analytical Report will appear on Tuesday, Jan. 21, instead of Monday, Jan. 20, because of the U.S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday. No significant commentary or analysis in ...

Over the past two decades, political polarization has steadily eroded the continuity and stability of U.S. foreign policy.

Polarization represents not just an internal challenge but a structural constraint with profound implications for American foreign policy, particularly toward Russia.

Areas of expertise include: Russian political economics; contract theory; corporate governance; economics of development and transition.

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Join Chestnut Hill College's History and Political Science Department for this year's Legacy Conference commemorating the centennial of the Russian Revolution. The Russian Revolution profoundly ...

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, the U.S. and European governments halted all scientific cooperation between federal scientists and their Russian counterparts. Most universities followed suit, abandoning ...

This year's winners have not been quiet on Russia, its invasion of Ukraine or the dangers to global security, including nuclear threats, posed by the war in Ukraine.