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2018
May 11, 2018. Quoted in NBC News and Vox.com on Viktor Vekselberg.
April 27, 2018. My piece in The New Republic on US Russia relations.
March 27, 2018. Quoted in The Star on Russian diplomat expulsions.
March 18, 2018. Interview on CBC News, on Putin and Russia's future.
March 15, 2018. My research featured in a CTV story on Russia.
January 16, 2018. "The False Dawn of International Law." My review of The Internationalists, in War on the Rocks.
2017
December 15, 2017. My book was included in "Best Books of 2017" by Foreign Affairs.
December 1, 2017. Review of my book in Ny Tid (Modern Times Review) [in Norwegian].
November 28, 2017. I have a piece in a new ISQ symposium: "Comparing International Systems in World History."
October 23, 2017. I will be on a panel at NYU on Trump-Russia, with Tim Frye, Julia Ioffe, Joshua Tucker, and Andrei Soldatov.
August 25, 2017. A profile of my recent work on the Trump-Russia money links, in Haaretz. [in Hebrew]
August 23, 2017. First review of my book, in the forthcoming issue of Foreign Affairs.
August 12, 2017. Commentary for the Washington Post's Monkey Cage, on the history of US fascism.
August 11, 2017. Quoted in a Voice of America article on Russia and the Mueller investigation.
August 4, 2017. Quoted in a Vox piece
on America's sanctions against Russia.
August 2, 2017. Quoted in a Mother Jones story
on US-Russian relations.
July 31, 2017. Quoted in a Vox piece on Trump and kleptocracy.
July 30, 2017. Interview
with Chile's La Tercera. [In
Spanish]
July 28, 2017. Interview
with WNYC, New York public radio.
July 26, 2017. Interview
with Swiss Radio RTS. [In French]
July 21, 2017. An interview
with Rick Ungar on Sirius XM.
July 21 2017. Quoted in a Vice piece
on Poland's battle with autocracy.
July 20, 2017. A few recent updates, all
revolving around Trump's financial ties to Russia:
An interview
with Vox.com.
Radio interview
with Steele and Ungar on Sirius XM.
An on-air interview
with Democracy Now, complete with sound difficulties.
And a great
long chat on KCRW's "To the Point", along with other guests (15:00,
38:00).
Anchors' success at pronouncing my name is
holding steady at 16%.
July 14, 2017. My post in The Duck of Minerva, on the roots of the Trump-Russian collusion. (Short take: it's about the money.)
July 7, 2017. Interview on CBC Radio on the Trump-Putin meeting at the G-20.
April 6, 2017. I have a piece in the Washington Post's Monkey Cage blog, on how the St. Petersburg subway bombing will affect Russian politics and the US-Russia relationship.
April 4, 2017. My book has been named as one of the five recommended "spring reading" books by The Washington Post.
April 3, 2017. Interview on CBC Radio (Toronto) about the St. Petersburg subway bombing.
March 28, 2017. My book Aftershocks has been officially released by Princeton University Press. Paperback about $30, e-book also available. (Princeton UP link; Amazon link; Amazon.ca link)
March 21, 2017. I have an op-ed on Canada's role in Ukraine in today's Globe and Mail. Short take: to diminish Putin's influence, forget Russia and focus on building Ukraine.
March 13, 2017. Tanisha Fazal and I have a blog post on norm death, at Political Violence @ A Glance. (and see my working paper on the subject). Short take: even seemingly entrenched norms can quickly disappear if great powers no longer find them useful.
March 10, 2017. Interview on The Agenda with Steve Paikin on
Canada, NATO, and the conflict in Ukraine. With the great Dominique
Arel. If you don't feel like watching the whole thing, here are two
short clips: CLIP1 CLIP2
March 3, 2017. Interview on CBC radio (Toronto) on US-Russian relations. And another for CBC radio (Ottawa).
January 17, 2017. Interview on CTV news, discussing US-Russian
relations under Trump.
2016
December 1, 2016. I will be presenting a
working paper at the Organizational Ecology and Global Governance
Workshop at Princeton University. It is available HERE.
September 28, 2016. I will be presenting a
working paper at the Contesting Sovereignty workshop at
Princeton University. The paper is available for download
HERE.
August 17, 2016. Interview
on CBC Radio (on Russia and the US elections.)
July 10, 2016. Research mentioned in the Washington Post.
2015
November 13, 2015. Research featured in The National Interest.
October 26, 2015. Interview with Univerity of Toronto's Arts
& Science News on Russian foreign policy in Syria.
October 23, 2015: Roundtable
discussion on The Agenda with Steve Paikin on Russia's
role in Syria. With Hussein Ibish, Bessma Momani, Eric Margolis, and
myself.
June 23, 2015: I have a post in the Washington Post's Monkey Cage
discussing my recent chapter on measures of
democracy.
April 1, 2015: Research featured in the University of Toronto's Arts
& Science News.
March 30, 2015: I have a post in the Washington Post's Monkey Cage
discussing my recent article on
social media co-option.
March 25, 2015: Quoted in a CBC News
story on the Trans-Eurasian Belt Development.
February 2, 2015: Quoted in a Maclean's
story "The Encyclopedia of the Oil Crash".
2014
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On December 10,
2014, I'll be presenting a working paper ("From the Spring of Nations
to the Arab Spring: Building Better Typologies of Democratic
Diffusion") at the Princeton Institute for International and Regional
Studies. The presentation is part of their Fung Program Lecture Series.
July 22, 2014. One
of my
working papers ("From the Spring of Nations to the Arab Spring:
Building Better Typologies of Democratic Diffusion") is now available
as part of the Committee for Concepts and Methods (IPSA) Working Paper
Series. (see HERE)
May 16, 2014. The
Agenda with Steve Paikin, with myself, Ihor Kozak, and Yelena
Yakovlev-Golani. (see HERE)
April 28, 2014.
Quoted in a Globe and Mail story on sanctions against Russia.
March 28, 2014. I
am
presenting a paper at the annual meeting of the International Studies
Association, titled "Network Structure and Democratic Diffusion" (see panel info here). The day
before, on March 27,
I am also chairing and discussing a panel with some great participants,
titled "The Long Reach of History in International Relations." (panel info here).
March 17, 2014. Radio
interview on AM770 Calgary.
March 16, 2014. Interview
segment on CBC News about the Crimean crisis.
March 15, 2014. Radio
interview on Viewpoints with Todd van der Hayden (CJAD 800AM).
March 14, 2014.
Quoted in a Bloomberg News story
on sanctions against Russia.
March 8, 2014. Radio
interview on Viewpoints with Todd van der Hayden (CJAD 800AM).
March 4, 2014. Interview
segment on Straight Talk with Alex Pierson (Sun News).
March 3, 2014. Interview
segment on Kevin Newman Live (CTV News).
March 3, 2014.
Quoted in a National Post story
on European gas dependence.
February 28, 2014.
Quoted in a National Post story
on Ukraine.
2013
On August 29, I wll be presenting
a paper at the annual APSA meeting, titled "From the Spring of
Nations to the Arab Spring: Building Better Typologies of Democratic
Diffusion". The full panel description is HERE.
April 19. I was
interviewed for an article at GlobalNews about the Chechen background
of the Boston bombers. (HERE).
April 2-5. I
will be presenting two papers at the 2013 ISA conference in San
Francisco, one on typologies of democratic diffusion, and another on
legacies of state birth.The first, presented on Thursday, April 4 at
10:30am is titled "From the Spring of Nations to the Arab Spring:
Building Better Typologies of Democratic Diffusion." The second,
presented on Saturday, April 6 at 10:30am, is titled "Legacies of Blood
and Legacies of Law: The Effects of State Emergence on Political
Development." The full description of both panels is HERE (pdf).
March 20. I have
an article in the last issue of International Theory,
titled "Complexity and Theories of Change in International Politics."
The article examines how complex systems can help elucidate patterns of
change in structural realism and democratic diffusion. An ungated PDF
is available HERE.
On February
26, I will be giving a talk at the University of Toronto titled
"Competing Visions of Democracy in the Post-Soviet Space". (7-9pm, Room
144 University College, 15 King's College Circle). The talk is part of
the University College lecture series "Vital Discussions of Human
Security". For their complete lecture schedule for Fall 2012-Spring
2013, see HERE.
On Friday,
February 1, I will be presenting a paper at the Toronto International
Relations Seminar (TIRS). The topic is "From the Spring of Nations to
the Arab Spring: Building Better Typologies of Democratic Diffusion."
More details HERE.
January 22. I was
briefly interviewed in the National Post regarding foreign
policy in Obama's second inagural address. You can read it HERE.
January 14.
I will be a discussant for a Munk School panel on Russian-Ukrainian
relations (sponsored by CERES). You can view the event HERE.
2012
October 25. I have
a review in the latest H-Diplo/ISSF Roundtable of Charles Kupchan's
book How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace.
You can read the roundtable, as well as a response from the author, HERE. Previous roundtables are HERE.
On September 9, I
was (very quickly) interviewed for a CBC news story on Russian-Canadian
relations. You can watch the clip HERE.
On August
30, I wll be presenting a paper at the annual APSA meeting, titled
"Legacies of Blood and Legacies of Law: The Effects of State Emergence
on Political Development." The paper is part of a new project that
examines the effects of birth legacies on the economic and political
evolution of states. The panel is HERE. UPDATE Aug 29: APSA 2012 has been cancelled.
June 13. I have a guest post in the Monkey Cage about
the continuing protests in Russia.
On April 1,
I will be presenting two working papers at the 2012 annual meeting of
the International Studies Association in San Diego, California. (See
panel descriptions HERE and HERE.)
On March 1,
I will be presenting at a conference on governance indicators at the
Harriman Institute at Columbia University. The title of the talk is
"Measuring Democracy in the Former Soviet Republics". The full
conference schedule is available HERE.
On January
26, I will be giving a talk at the University of Toronto titled
"Democracy and the Decline of Great Powers". The talk is part of the
University College lecture series "Vital Discussions of Human
Security". For their complete lecture schedule for Winter 2012, see HERE.
On January 17 I
was quoted (briefly!) in a New York Times article on cyber-security.
See it HERE.
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