New piece! John Chrobak on the emigration of western conservatives to #Russia and plans to build an American Village illiberalism.org/dreaming-of-ru…

This call for papers may be of interest to some colleagues: Special issue proposal on ‘The Far Right and Audiovisual Fiction’. echo.research.vub.be/call-for-abstr…

Nice succinct article by Rob Person 🇺🇸🇺🇦 on the succession problem built into Putin's regime. Nicely dovetails with my own analytic work, but Rob writes more fluently! theconversation.com/putin-has-no-s…

We're hiring!!! 🚨 CNA's Russia Studies Program (i.e., our team) is hiring two (2x) junior research positions specifically for our Russian political-military portfolio. One (Assoc. Research Analyst) is MA-preferred, the other (Research Analyst) is Ph.D-preferred. We want

Marlene Laruelle explains how the regime has worked to splice eclectic doctrines and give them an inner coherence. russiapost.info/society/laruel… #Russia

Announcing the Oxford Handbook of Illiberalism! Many of you may have already seen some chapters come out, but the full book is nearing completion and will be out soon. See abstracts of all chapters and links to all the texts here: illiberalism.org/the-oxford-han…

The latest issue of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies is out now! This special issue addresses the meta topic of researcher positionality and safety when studying #illiberalism. Check out all the articles below: illiberalism.org/jis-spring-202…

Washington DC is an odd place sometimes. One moment you're on your way home from work thinking about the chores waiting at home, the next moment you're shoulder to shoulder with Barack Obama waiting for the crosswalk light to turn. 🙃

What do young people want from democracy? In EJPR journal we find that they are generally status quo democrats. However, support for the representative system comes with conditions: expert input, slow and considerate processes, and a final referendum 👇🧵 ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

📢 The book is out!! Sabina Sabina Mihelj and I are really proud to announce that the final outcome of our Illiberal Turn project has just been published (#OpenAccess). Enjoy downloading and reading! #illiberalism #polarization Loughborough University Loughborough CRCC link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

This is the entrance to the Malakat mall in Cyberjaya, Malaysia. Your geolocation/information verification skills leave much to be desired.

I wrote about Vance, cat ladies, and the New Right for POLITICO. The Vance choice seemed designed for the young, too-online postliberals, masculinists, and billionaires. And it may already be backfiring, especially with Harris leading the Dem's ticket. politico.com/news/magazine/…

The latest issue of the Journal of Illiberalism Studies is out now! Check out the full issue at the link here: illiberalism.org/jis-summer-202…

Gm. I'm pleased to share my debut essay in Foreign Affairs. With this, I plant my analytic flag in the 'brittleness vs. resilience' debate. Enjoy! foreignaffairs.com/russia/putin-r…

Join us and The Russia Program on October 2 for a presentation from Dusan Bozalka (@Carism_IFP) on how QAnon conspiracy theories spread and evolve across European digital spaces, focusing on Italian, German, and French contexts. Register here: tinyurl.com/3w2ky8fh Inst. for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

Join us on October 24 and 25 for a two day conference looking at crossborder linkages in illiberal movements! Draft agenda and registration here: tinyurl.com/ILLSPConf2024

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