Public Engagement

Policy Commentary and Op-Eds

If Putin has Kompromat on Trump, How Might He Use It?The Monkey Cage/Washington Post, April 24, 2018.

Why Some People Think Trump May Be a ‘Siberian candidate,’” The Monkey Cage/Washington Post, August 11, 2016.

Europe’s Extremists Are Not Putin’s Fault,” ForeignPolicy.com, February 13, 2016.

Memories of Manas: What Central Asia Taught America about Geopolitics,” National Interest, June 30, 2014

Why Putin Wants Us to Believe He’s Crazy,” Slate, March 17, 2014

How to Prevent the Crisis in Ukraine from Escalating,” The Monkey Cage/Washington Post, February 28, 2014

Why the Carrot Isn’t Working, Either,” ForeignPolicy.com, November 11, 2013

Will Afghanistan Take Central Asia Down with It?The National Interest, August 1, 2013

In Georgia, Two Machines are Better than One,” ForeignPolicy.com, September 27, 2012

Waiting for Spring,” ForeignPolicy.com, February 17, 2012

The Unraveling of Southern Kyrgyzstan,” Central Asia-Caucasus Institute Analyst, June 23, 2010

Afghanistan Offers Lessons for U.S. Approach to Kyrgyzstan,” Seattle Times, April 15, 2010

How the Kyrgyz Events Could have been a Civil War,” The Monkey Cage, April 13, 2010

PONARS Eurasia Memos

The Real or Imagined Infiltration of Fifth Columns in the Post-Soviet Region

Who Cares about Conspiracy Theories? Evidence from a New Survey of Georgia and Kazakhstan

Strategic Solidarity: How Central Asia Responds to the Kremlin’s Exhortations

Post-Succession Scenarios in Central Asia

The Psychological Logic of Protracted Conflict in Ukraine

The Lobby Hobby: How Small Countries Buy Respect Abroad

Spinning the Spillover: Why NATO Withdrawal from Afghanistan Does Not Pose a Threat to Central Asia

The Politics of Foreign Intrigue

Yawning through the Arab Spring: Resilient Regimes in Central Asia and the Caucasus

Competing Narratives and Violence in Southern Kyrgyzstan

Selected Talks/Interviews

Trump and Russia in Year 3: Pandering while Punishing, April 30, 2019.

Folio Forum: The Perilous Quest for a New Relationship with Russia, October 3, 2018.

Ukraine and Russia: Is There Any Way Out? Ellison Center panel discussion, April 15, 2015.

Central Asia: What’s Next? Georgetown University, March 30, 2015.

Ellison Center Talk on Ukraine and Crimea, April 10, 2014

Commentary on Ukraine for KUOW (NPR Seattle), February 20, 2014

Interview of CNN’s Jill Dougherty (Ellison Center event), January 14, 2014

Testimony at Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe hearing on “Central Asia and the Arab Spring: Growing Pressure for Human Rights?” Click here for the written transcript, here for video of the hearing.

Lecture on the Caucasus (Portland World Affairs Council), February 25, 2011