Perspectives on Politics

Where Is the European Union Today? Will It Survive? Can It Thrive? by Vivien A. Schmidt, Boston University Over the past few years, the European Union has suffered through a cascading set of crises. The sovereign […]

The Immanent Potential of Economic and Monetary Integration: A Critical Reading of the Eurozone Crisis by Peter J. Verovšek, University of Sheffield The Eurozone crisis revealed fundamental flaws in the institutional architecture of the Economic and […]

Making Embedded Knowledge Transparent: How the V-Dem Dataset Opens New Vistas in Civil Society Research by Michael Bernhard, University of Florida, Dong-Joon Jung, Seoul National University, South Korea, Eitan Tzelgov, University of East Anglia, Michael Coppedge, University of […]

The Escape from Institution-Building in a Globalized World: Lessons from Russia by Gulnaz Sharafutdinova, King’s College London, and Karen Dawisha, Miami University Strong institutions and accountable governments are imperative for any country’s long-term prosperity. Yet the development of […]

The Power and Limits of Russia’s Strategic Narrative in Ukraine: The Role of Linkage by Joanna Szostek, University of London Governments project strategic narratives about international affairs, hoping thereby to shape the perceptions and behaviour of […]

The Evolution of Regimes: What Can Twenty-Five Years of Post-Soviet Change Teach Us? by Stephen E. Hanson,  College of William & Mary The twenty-fifth anniversary of the collapse of the USSR naturally provokes us to reflect […]

The Politics of Capitalist Diversity in Europe: Explaining Ireland’s Divergent Recovery from the Euro Crisis Samuel Brazys and Aidan Regan, University College Dublin The 2008 financial crisis hit few places harder than the Euro periphery. Faced with […]

Mapping Eurasia in an Open World: How the Insularity of Russia’s Geopolitical and Civilizational Approaches Limits Its Foreign Policies by Peter J. Katzenstein, Cornell University, and Nicole Weygandt, Cornell University Russia’s Eurasian view of the world brings […]