The following are selected academic articles and policy essays.
with Kathryn Stoner
Vol. 38, No. 2 (Summer 2015)
In the late 1990s, as Russia’s economy descended into a death spiral— eventually...
Articles and Essays
December 27, 2012
The Precarious Peace: Domestic Politics in the Making of Russian Foreign Policy
International Security
March 1, 2009
Engaging Autocrats (and Democrats) to Facilitate Democratic Transitions
Democracy in U.S. Security Strategy
December 1, 2007
Should Democracy Be Promoted or Demoted?
The Washington Quarterly
The tragic result of the gap between declared objectives and strategies on democracy promotion is that many Americans are starting to view this...
December 1, 2007
The Myth of the Authoritarian Model
Foreign Affairs
How Putin's Crackdown Holds Russia Back
with Kathryn Stoner-WeissVol. 87, No. 1 (Winter 2007)
The conventional...
September 28, 2007
Ukraine Imports Democracy: External Influences on the Orange Revolution
International Security
Vol. 32, No. 2 (Fall 2007)
Can the West promote democracy? An examination of one critical case, the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine,...
April 1, 2007
Are New Democracies War-Prone?
Journal of Democracy
April 2007
A review of Electing to Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go to War by Edward D. Mansfield and Jack Snyder...
March 26, 2007
Constructing Self-Enforcing Federalism in the Early United States and Modern Russia
Publius: A Journal of Federalism
All federal systems face the two fundamental dilemmas of federalism: too strong a center risks overawing the subnational units; and...
October 1, 2005
Chinese Dreams, Persian Realities
Journal of Democracy
The mid-2005 election of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad as Iran's new president left those committed to democratic change in the country feeling shocked and...