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“What the Next Round of Sanctions Against Russia Should Look Like,” Foreign Policy, August 4, 2025 (with Nicholas Fenton)
“Beyond Appeasement: What is Feasible for Ukraine,” CSIS, February 27, 2025 (with Max Bergmann)
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“They Are from the Soviet Union: How Putin’s Elite Nomenklatura Origins Led to War,” The Insider, May 6, 2022
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“A Backward Looking Nation: WWII Memory as a Consensus Building Event in Today’s Russia,” CEPA, May 11, 2020
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“When Left-Leaning Parties Support Austerity, Their Voters Start to Embrace the Far Right,” The Monkey Cage (Political Science Blog), the Washington Post, November 20, 2018
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“Why Did Russia Poison One of Its Ex-Spies in Britain?” the Monkey Cage (Political Science Blog), The Washington Post, March 30, 2018
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“Russian Propaganda In Germany: More Effective Than You Think,” the American Interest, October 17, 2017
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“The Olympics Surrender to Russia on Doping,” the National Interest, August 10, 2016
“The DNC Hack Is Just One Instance of the Kremlin Meddling in Western Politics,” the Huffington Post, August 1, 2016
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“Russia’s Liberals in the Crosshairs,” the National Interest, May 22, 2016
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“Witnesses of Higher Oil Prices,” the American Interest, October 8, 2015
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