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SEVA GUNITSKY



  Welcome! I'm an associate professor and the George Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto. Here you can find my current and past research, CV, teaching info, and other writing.


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My research examines how international forces like war and globalization shape democracy and domestic reforms. Some of my work has appeared in International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, International Theory, and Perspectives on PoliticsI've also written for public outlets like Foreign Affairs, Foreign PolicyThe Washington Post, The New Republic and others. The links (and in many cases full-text PDFs) to all my writing are here.  


RECENT PUBLICATIONS

Ryan D. Griffiths and Seva Gunitsky. The New Price of Statehood. Foreign Affairs, May 20, 2025. [PDF]

Anna Lysenko and Seva Gunitsky. The Invisible Front: Ukraine’s IT Army and the Evolution of Cyber Resistance. Post-Soviet Affairs (online pre-print May 2025)

The Forgotten Dystopian Vision That Explains Trump’s Canada Obsession. The New Republic, March 31, 2025.

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BOOK

My book Aftershocks: Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century is available from Princeton University Press. It examines how sudden shocks to the global order create powerful waves of domestic reforms, both toward and away from democracy. Named one of the Best Books of 2017Foreign Affairs. Critical Dialogue in Perspectives on Politics. H-Diplo RoundtableWash Post rec.

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