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Mikhail Alexseev, San Diego State University
alexseev@mail.sdsu.edu
Comparative analysis of migration and ethno-religious hostility and violence, Russian regions in Asia, center-region relations
Pavel Baev, International Peace Research Institute (PRIO), Oslo
pavel@prio.no
Russian foreign policy and military strategy
Deborah Yarsike Ball, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
dyball@llnl.gov
The Russian military and military reform, military socialization, civil-military relations, nonproliferation and arms control
Andrew Barnes, Kent State University
abarnes3@kent.edu
Russian property reform, post-communist political economies, democratization and markets
Douglas Blum, Providence College
dougblum@providence.edu
Globalization, identity, and the international political sociology of US decline
Jeffrey Checkel, Simon Fraser University
jtcheckel@sfu.ca
Norms, ideas, transnational linkages, human rights in Russia and Ukraine, institutional analysis, European regional organizations
Alexander Cooley, Barnard College, Columbia University
acooley@barnard.edu
Foreign military bases in Eurasia, influence of Western actors on state-building, comparative semi-sovereign relations
Keith Darden, Yale University
keith.darden@yale.edu
Ideology and international politics, political corruption, regional institutions of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Georgi Derluguian, Northwestern University
gderlug@northwestern.edu
Sociology of historical systems and civilizations, in particular the processes of mobilization, nationalism and fundamentalism with respect to the Caucasus and Russia
Volodymyr Dubovyk, Odessa National University
volodymyrdubovyk@gmail.com
Ukrainian foreign policy, U.S.-Ukraine relations, theory and history of international relations
Timothy Frye, Columbia University
tmf2@columbia.edu
Politics of economic reform in the post-communist region, presidential power, rule of law, surveys of business elites, property rights, democratization, and financial markets in Russia
Vladimir Gel'man, European University at St. Petersburg
gelman@eu.spb.ru
Contemporary Russian politics in terms of political science theories, regional and local politics, federalism, political parties and elections
Theodore P. Gerber, University of Wisconsin
tgerber@ssc.wisc.edu
Sociological issues in post-Soviet Russia including demographics, social stratification, ideology, economic restructuring, and education
Dmitri Glinski, Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany, Inc.
dmitriglinski@yahoo.com
Human rights, religion and interfaith relations, ethnicity, comparative history of social movements, history of Russia’s foreign relations, Russian political thought
Sergei Golunov, Volgograd State University
sgolunov@mail.ru
Border security issues in the post-Soviet space, Russian anti-narcotics policy, Central Asian security issues
Dmitry Gorenburg, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Harvard University
gorenburg@gmail.com
Ethnic politics, ethnic identity, Russian regional politics, Baltic security, Russian military reform, Russian foreign policy
Henry Hale, George Washington University
hhale@gwu.edu
Political parties, elections, ethnic politics, CIS
Stephen Hanson, University of Washington
shanson@u.washington.edu
Ideology, democracy, parties
Olexiy Haran, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
haran@ukma.kiev.ua
The interplay of domestic and external factors in Ukrainian foreign policy, the Ukrainian party system, Western policy towards Ukraine
Ted Hopf, Ohio State University
hopf.2@osu.edu
Security cooperation, national identity formation and relations within the CIS
Debra Javeline, University of Notre Dame
javeline@nd.edu
Protest and other forms of political behavior, political psychology, judicial effectiveness, social influences on public health, democratization
Juliet Johnson, McGill University
juliet.johnson@mcgill.ca
Post-communist financial systems, transnational political economy, institutionalist theory, identity politics
Kornely K. Kakachia, Tbilisi State University
kakachia@gmail.com
Common foreign and security policy of the EU, CIS and regional security issues in South Caucasus
Alla Kassianova, Tomsk State University
akassia@lenta.ru
Russia's foreign policy ideology, identity and foreign policy
George Khelashvili, St Anne's College, University of Oxford (DPhil candidate)
glexo@yahoo.com
Ideas in international relations, American foreign policy, regional security in the Caucasus, Georgian politics
Irina Kobrinskaya, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences
psifoundation@imemo.ru
ikobrinskaya@mtu-net.ru
Russian foreign and domestic policy, international security, European security, military reform, civil-military relations
Mark Kramer, Harvard University
mkramer@fas.harvard.edu
Comparisons of change in Russia and Eastern Europe
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
akuchins@csis.org
Ivan Kurilla, Volgograd State University
ivan.kurilla@volsu.ru
Regional profiles of south Russia, political, economic, and social issues in the Volgograd region, history of Russian-American relations
Pauline Jones Luong, Brown University
pauline_luong@brown.edu
Domestic politics and economics of Central Asia, energy sector development, decentralization, institutional design in the FSU
Andrey Makarychev, Nizhny Novgorod Civil Service Academy
amakarych@mail.ru
Regionalism and federalism, local government, trans-border relations, international roles of subnational units
Kimberly Marten, Barnard College, Columbia University
km2225@columbia.edu
International security, civil-military relations, peace operations, Central Asian security
Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University
emcglinc@gmu.edu
Central Asian politics, non-democratic rule, social mobilization, political Islam
Sergei Medvedev, Higher School of Economics, Moscow
smedvedev@hse.ru
Domestic political processes in Russia, democratic transition, Russian political history and cultural anthropology, postmodern theory
Viatcheslav Morozov, St. Petersburg State University
morozov@dip.pu.ru
Russian foreign policy, identity construction, Russia-Europe relations, Russia's northwest- in particular St. Petersburg
Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki
arkady.moshes@upi-fiia.fi
Russian relations with western CIS and Baltic states
Robert Orttung, Jefferson Institute
rorttung@jeffersoninst.org
Energy security, democracy, Russian regions and center-periphery relations, the role of business in Russian domestic, foreign, and security policies, corruption
Nikolay Petrov, Carnegie Moscow Center
nikolay@carnegie.ru
Social- and political-geographic studies, regional development problems, ethnic-territorial claims and conflicts, electoral studies
Alexander Pikayev, IMEMO
pikayev@imemo.ru
Nuclear nonproliferation and arms control, Russia's security policy and perceptions
Pavel Podvig, Stanford University
podvig@stanford.edu
Missile defense, Russian early warning satellites, Soviet nuclear test program, the current state of the Russian strategic forces and START treaties
Vladimir Popov, Academy of the National Economy, New Economic School in Moscow
vpopov@nes.ru
Comparative economic systems, economics of transition, the Russian economy
James Richter, Bates College
jrichter@abacus.bates.edu
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society in Russia, transnational links to Russian NGOs, Russian women's movement
Mikhail Rykhtik, Nizhny Novgorod State University
mrykhtik@rol.ru
International relations theory, security studies, U.S. foreign and security policy, foreign policy decisionmaking process, U.S.-Russian relations and U.S.-EU relations
Nona Shahnazaryan, Center for Pontic and Caucasian Studies, Kuban Social and Economic Institute, Krasnodar
shahnon@mail.ru
Social anthropology of the Caucasus, migration
Oxana Shevel, Tufts University
oxana.shevel@tufts.edu
Comparative post-Soviet state and nation-building, comparative democratization and international influences on democratization, citizenship, migration and refugees in Russian and Ukraine
Vitali Silitski, Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies
vitali@belinstitute.eu
Comparative democratization and international influences on democratization, electoral revolutions, internal developments in Belarus, political economy of Belarus-Russia integration, EU and Belarus relations
Regina Smyth, Indiana University
rsmyth@indiana.edu
Russian politics and political parties
Nikolai Sokov, Monterey Institute for International Studies
nsokov@miis.edu
Nonproliferation, Russian foreign and security policy
Ekaterina Stepanova, Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
stepanova@imemo.ru
Crisis management, conflict resolution, peacekeeping, post-conflict peace-building, non-traditional security threats (terrorism, drug traffiking, refugees)
Randall Stone, University of Rochester
randall.stone@rochester.edu
Political economy, trade, international integration and reform
Adam Stulberg, Georgia Institute of Technology
adam.stulberg@inta.gatech.edu
US-Russian/Eurasian foreign & security relations, politics of (non)proliferation, energy and international security
Oleksandr Sushko, Center for Peace, Conversion and Foreign Policy of Ukraine
sushko@cpcfpu.org.ua
Security studies, international standing of Ukraine, eastern policy of NATO and the EU, post-communist political systems
Brian Taylor, Syracuse University
bdtaylor@maxwell.syr.edu
Civil-military relations, power ministries, state-building
Stanislav Tkachenko, St. Petersburg State University
tkachenko@sir.edu
Russia's policy towards CIS and the EU, international political economy
Judy Twigg, Virginia Commonwealth University
jtwigg@vcu.edu
Russian health and demographic trends, social policy
Anar Valiyev, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy
avaliyev@ada.edu.az
Political Islam, political violence and terrorism, public/urban policy of former Soviet Union countries.
Vadim Volkov, European University at St. Petersburg
volkov@eu.spb.ru
Historical sociology, problems of state and violence, sociology of everyday life, politics in cultural context
Hongying Wang, Syracuse University
Hwang04@maxwell.syr.edu
Globalization, interaction between domestic and international politics and political economy, Chinese politics and foreign policy
Cory Welt, Georgetown University
cdw33@georgetown.edu
Caucasus, state-building and democratization, ethnic and civil conflict
Elizabeth Wishnick, Montclair State University, Columbia University
wishnicke@mail.montclair.edu
Chinese foreign policy, non-traditional security issues (energy, environment, migration, health) in Asia, Russia-China relations, great power relations in Central Asia
Şuhnaz Yilmaz, Koç University, Istanbul
syilmaz@ku.edu.tr
Sufian Zhemukhov, Kabardino-Balkarian Insitute of Humanitarian Research
sufyan@yandex.ru
U.S.-Caucasus relations, history, anthropology, and philosophical thought of the Caucasus.