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