Professional Affiliation

Professor and Director of Russian and Eurasian Studies, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University

Expert Bio

 

 

Education

 

 

B.A. Religious Studies, Pomona College; Ph.D. Political Science, Columbia University

 

Experience

• Professor and Director of Russian and Eurasian Studies, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, 1987-present
• Assistant and Associate Professor of Soviet Studies, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University, 1974-1987
• Assistant Director, Russian Institute, Columbia University, 1971-1972

 

 

Expertise

 

 

Russian studies, State-building, nationalism and interstate relations in Russia and Eurasia

Wilson Center Project

"Russia and Eurasia in a New Geopolitical Era"

Project Summary

The project will examine contemporary Russia's geopolitical opportunities, tools, and constraints, and will compare them with comparable factors in earlier Russian history (especially Soviet history.)

Major Publications

• Russia and the New States of Eurasia: The Politics of Upheaval. (New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994) (with Karen Dawisha).
• The International Politics of Eurasia. (Armonk, NY: ME Sharpe, 1994-1997, 10 volumes; senior editor and contributor).
• Democratization and Authoritarianism in Post-Communist Societies (New York: Cambridge UP, 1997, co-editor and contributor, 4 volumes).
• "Russia's Post-Soviet Upheaval" in Abbott Gleason, ed., A Companion to Russian History (2010).

Previous Terms

Jun 01, 1986 - Dec 01, 1986: "The Politics of Soviet National-Security Policymaking"