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2013

Visiting Scholar Hongsub Lee authors article on Russian military reform in the March issue of Slavic Studies [in Korean].

Associate Director Cory Welt and Visiting Scholar Ivan Kurilla co-author article on the US-Russia Reset (March 29, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the bailout in Cyprus (March 25, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed by IPN (Tbilisi) on Georgian political developments (March 22, 2013).

Ph.D. student Charles Sullivan authors working paper on nostalgia for the USSR in contemporary Russia (March 20, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the financial crisis in Cyprus (March 18, 2013).

Professor Eliot Sorel speaks about the upcoming Regional Congress of The World Psychiatric Association in Romania (March 2013).

Professors Harvey Feigenbaum and Harris Mylonas quoted in article on European Secessionist movements (March 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about governance in Europe and the U.S. (March 4, 2013).

Professor Harris Mylonas discusses the current political climate in Greece in the latest edition of the Elliott School's International Affairs Inbox (February 25, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about Italy's election (February 25, 2013).

Visiting Scholar Niklas Nilsson writes paper on the role of democracy in Georgia's foreign policy (February 13, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt is interviewed by KNPR (Nevada Public Radio) about U.S.-Russia relations (Feburary 11, 2013).

Professor Laura Engel co-authors article on the impact of school violence on immigrant populations internationally in Comparative Education Review (February 2013).

Professors Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse co-author working paper on the EU's role regarding Afghan-Central Asian relations (February 2013).

The Spring 2013 issue of IERES' newsletter, IERES Insight, is now available (February 2013).

Research Scientist Dmitry Streletskiy quoted in article about permafrost in Russia (January 30, 2013).

Professor Eliot Sorel co-organizing conference on Primary Care, Mental Health and Public Health Integration at the Palace of the Parliament, Bucharest, Romania this April.

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed by Voice of America on Georgian politics and foreign policy [in Georgian] (January 25, 2013).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted in article on 2013 Freedom House Rankings in Eurasia (January 16, 2013).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman writes about Estonia's experience with cyberwarfare (January 14, 2013).

Professor Evgeny Finkel co-edits book on Coloured Revolutions and Authoritarian Reactions (January 8, 2013).

Professor Kimberly Morgan discusses social welfare in the US and Europe in an article in Foreign Affairs (January 2013).

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes book The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, Refugees, and Minorities (January 2013).

2012

Visiting Scholar Albert Schmidt authors chapter on Soviet law and perestroika (2012).

Professors Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse co-author working paper on regional organizations in Central Asia (2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the prime ministership of Italy (December 31, 2012).

Professor Muriel Atkin writes chapter on Iran, Russia, and Tajikistan's civil war (December 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors piece on Greece's political changes in the European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook (December 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman writes about Italy's upcoming elections (December 17, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Olena Rybiy writes about the Ukrainian parliamentary elections (December 13, 2012).

GW Today writes about IERES' work on the Arctic (December 10, 2012).

Ph.D. Student Lisel Hintz authors article on Turkish politics and soap operas (December 7, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Margaret Paxson authors article on peace in France during WWII (December 6, 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse authors policy brief on France and Central Asia (November 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes paper on UAE investment in Central Asia (November 2012).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle speaks with Voice of America about the situation in the North Caucasus [in Russian] (November 29, 2012).

Professor Henry Hale co-authors article on political systems in book Russia's Regions and Comparative Subnational Politics (November 16, 2012).

The Washington Post names Professor James Hershberg's book Marigold: The Lost Chance for Peace in Vietnam one of the ten best books of 2012 (November 16, 2012).

Call for Proposals: the 2013 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War

Ph.D. Student Alexander Reisenbichler and Professor Kimberly Morgan author article on the German Labor Market and the Financial Crisis (December 2012).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung speaks about the Ukrainian elections at the Kennan Institute (November 2, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman writes about the power of Putin's Russia (October 31, 2012).

Professor Sharon Wolchik co-authors chapter on democracy in Post-communist Europe and Eurasia in Socialism Challenged, Socialism Vanquished:  China and Eastern Europe Compared, 1989-2009 (October 2012)

Professor James Hershberg provides insight on the Cuban Missile Crisis on the 50th anniversary of the event (October 23, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Jean-Francois Ratelle authors article on participant observation in conflict zones in Research Methods in Critical Security Studies (October 22, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman writes about What the European Union Must Do Post-Nobel Prize (October 22, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt writes on Georgia's political future (October 15, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Niklas Nilsson writes about the International Implications of Georgia's Parliamentary Elections (October 15, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Margaret Paxson writes about her research on genocide and resistance during the Holocaust in The Wilson Quarterly (October 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted by Christian Science Monitor on US-Georgia relations (October 10, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Niklas Nilsson co-authors piece on Prospects and Pitfalls after Georgia's Elections (October 4, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt discusses Georgia's parliamentary elections on NPR (October 2, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted by CNN on Georgia's parliamentary elections (September 29, 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle authors policy brief on Iran's regional quagmire (September 27, 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes article on conspirology and nationalism in Russia in The Russian Review (September 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt writes on Georgia's parliamentary elections (September 27, 2012).

Professor Merve Kavakci publishes article on secularism in Turkey (September 2012).

Visiting Scholar Niklas Nilsson publishes article on Georgia's Parliamentary Elections (September 19, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt speaks on Georgia's upcoming parliamentary elections (video, at 9:30) (September 19, 2012).

Professor Henry Hale authors article on trends in Russian perspectives on democracy (September 19, 2012).

Research Professors Marlene Laruelle and Sebastien Peyrouse publish book entitled The Chinese Question in Central Asia: Domestic Order, Social Change, and the Chinese Factor (September 2012).

Call for applications: 2013-14 Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research and Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Cold War/Post-1945 International History (September 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt testifies at a Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission briefing on human rights in Georgia (September 11, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted in article on US Ambassador to Azerbaijan [in Azerbaijani] (September 6, 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse writes policy brief on Europe's role in East Asian security (September 5, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt comments on Obama and Romney Russia policy [in Russian] (September 5, 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse authors paper on rare earth metals in Central Asia and Mongolia (August 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes piece on tensions in Tajikistan's Pamir region (August 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on trade with China and Afghanistan in Problems of Post-Communism (July/August 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle writes piece on Uzbekistan's withdrawal from the CSTO (August 2012).

Professor Eliot Sorel publishes book entitled 21st Century Global Mental Health (August 2012).

Professor Michelle Kelso comments on France's plan to dismantle Roma camps (August 15, 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle authors article on Israel and Central Asia (July 2012).

Research Professor Sebastien Peyrouse publishes article on Central Asia and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit (July 2012).

Professor Sharon Wolchik publishes article on Putinism and protests in Russia (July 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt publishes article on the Turkey-Armenia normalization process and the Karabakh conflict (July 2012).

Richard Peres writes book about IERES Professor Merve Kavakci (June 2012).

Assistant Director Robert Orttung authors report on Russia for Freedom House's Nations in Transit 2012 (June 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas speaks about current events in Greece to the Associated Press (June 20, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas comments on the upcoming elections on Nightly Business Report (June 12, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted by Reuters on the Magnitsky Act (June 5, 2012).

Professor Sean Roberts publishes article on Democracy in Kazakhstan.

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes article on nationalism in Kyrgyzstan.

Professor Emeritus Peter Reddaway co-authors opinion piece on dishonoring Stalin's victims (June 11, 2012).

Professor Erwan Lagadec publishes book entitled Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century: Europe, America and the Rise of the Rest (May 2012).

Prof. Harris Mylonas speaks about Eurozone reforms and local politics (May 31, 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle co-authors report on security and development in Central Asia.

Professor Harris Mylonas comments on Greece's recent election (May 28, 2012).

Professor Harvey Feigenbaum comments on Germany and the financial crisis in the Eurozone (May 25, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt testifies at a U.S. Helsinki Commission briefing on elections in the Caucasus (May 23, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed on NATO and Caucasus security (May 23, 2012).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle writes piece on Russia and Central Asia (May 21, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt comments on Georgian Politics in a Washington Post article (May 16, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman joins a US News and World Report debate on whether Greece should leave the Eurozone (May 16, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas speaks about Greece and the Eurozone on PBS' Nightly Business Report (May 14, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks with BBC World on Greece Coalition Talks (May 11, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors piece on the aftermath of Greek elections (May 9, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman blogs about the financial crisis on Huffington Post College (May 9, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks about electoral reponses to austerity measures on NPR's On Point (May 8, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas comments on coalition talks in Greece (May 8, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas authors a pre-election report on Greece (May 5, 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas comments on the rise of fringe parties in Greece (May 4, 2012).

Post Doctoral Fellow Serhiy Kudelia authors book chapter on Ukrainian foreign policy (May 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt writes on trade and human rights in US-Russia relations (April 30, 2012).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks about European economies on PBS Newshour (April 27, 2012).

Associate Director Cory Welt quoted in article on nominee for US Ambassador to Azerbaijan [in Azerbaijani] (April 27, 2012).

Professor Michelle Kelso conducts research on employment challenges for women in Switzerland and the US (April 26, 2012).

Visiting Scholar Sufian Zhemukhov publishes article on Circassian nationalism (April 18, 2012).

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt comments on recent shifts in Russian-Georgian relations (April 16, 2012).

Stephanie Benedict, recepient of the Hoffman Conference Travel Grant, is awarded a study tour to Brussels at the Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the EU (April 2012).

IERES Post Doctoral Fellow Serhiy Kudelia quoted in article on Ukraine-EU relations (April 9, 2012).

IERES Director Henry Hale quoted in article on informal politics in Russia (April 5, 2012).

Professor Laura Engel wins the 2011-2012 American Consortium on European Union Studies (ACES) research seed grant award for the project "European Policy Uses of International Comparisons of Academic Achievement" (March 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors two articles on state-building in Ethnopolitics (March 2012).

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt writes on Russian presidential elections and the U.S.-Russia "reset" (March 1, 2012).

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Lisel Hintz is awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to study Turkish in Turkey.

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt interviewed on the Russia-Georgia WTO agreement [in Russian] (February 17, 2012).

Professor Daina Eglitis speaks about language and identity in Latvia (February 17, 2012).

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt writes an article on the Russia-Georgia WTO agreement (February 6, 2012).

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt quoted in an article on US-Georgia defense cooperation (February 6, 2012).

IERES Post Doctoral Fellow Serhiy Kudelia speaks about protests and upcoming elections in Russia on Al Jazeera's The Stream (February 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas selected to be an associate editor at Nationalities Papers (February 2012).

IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors opinion piece on protests and media in Russia (February 2, 2012).

IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung writes about Ukrainian gas production [In Russian] [In Ukrainian] (January 2012).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors opinion piece on "Regional Multilateralism: The Next Paradigm in Global Affairs" (January 14, 2012).

2011

PONARS Eurasia receives a two-year, $800,000 grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York to continue its work on scholarly work and policy engagement.
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IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Lisel Hintz publishes article Explaining Democratic Failure in the Post-Soviet Space (December 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas coauthors article on Greek politics (December 2011).

IERES Post Doctoral Fellow Serhiy Kudelia authors chapter in Open Ukraine: Changing Course Towards a European Future (December 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale quoted in CNN article on Russian oligarchs (December 13, 2011).

IERES Post Doctoral Fellow Serhiy Kudelia is interviewed about conflict in post-Soviet countries (December 12, 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale discusses the recent Duma elections in Russia (December 5, 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale and Assistant Director Robert Orttung author chapters in Russia in 2020 (November 2011).

IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors opinion piece on Russia's revolution (November 30, 2011).

Professor Merve Kavakci is named one of the 500 most influential Muslims of the world in 2011 by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center (November 2011).

IERES Visiting Scholar Albert Schmidt publishes article on lawyering and politics in Lincolnshire (November 2011).

Research Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes paper on Russia's strategies in Afghanistan and their consequences for NATO (November 2011).

IERES Post Doctoral Fellow Evan Liaras and Professor Harris Mylonas co-author opinion piece on the causes of the Greek financial crisis (November 20, 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas discusses the Greek financial crisis (November 2011).

IERES Associate Directory Cory Welt is interviewed about what improved Turkish-Armenian relations would mean for Azerbaijan (November 4, 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-writes article on Greece's legitimacy crisis (November 3, 2011).

Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors opinion piece on the economic crisis in Greece (November 2, 2011).

Professor Hope Harrison quoted in Washington Post article on the Berlin Wall (October 27, 2011).

Professor Sharon Wolchik co-authors the book Defeating Authoritarian Leaders in Postcommunist Countries (October 2011).

Professor Eliot Sorel co-authors piece on mental health and the United Nations (October 7, 2011).
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Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors article on third-party state-building (October 2011).
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Call for Applications: the 2012 Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research (October 2011).

Call for Papers: the 10th Annual LSE-GWU-UCSB International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War (October 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale publishes article on autocracy in Russia in Europe-Asia Studies (October 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale authors article on ethnicity and politics in Nations and Nationalism (October 2011).

IERES Director Henry Hale publishes article on institutions and democratization in Eurasia in World Politics (October 2011).

Professor Frances Norwood receives the 2011 Margaret Mead Award for her book The Maintenance of Life: Preventing Social Death through Euthanasia Talk and End-of-Life Care – Lessons from The Netherlands (September 2011).

Incoming Visiting Scholar Marianne Birthler is awarded the Order of Merit, Verdienstorden, the highest honor of the city of Berlin (September 31, 2011).

IERES publishes fall issue of its newsletter, IERES Insight (September 2011).
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PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference Book now available (September 2011).
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IERES Director Henry Hale co-edits book on Russia in the 2000s (September 2011).
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IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes article on the 1979 Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan (September 2011).
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Research Professor Marlene Laruelle writes breifing on the relationship between Central Asia and Afghanistan (August 2011).
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Professor Daina Eglitis is awarded an International Scholars Fellowship at the Open Society Institute (August 2011).

Professor Scheherazade Rehman discusses Eurozone on PBS Newshour (August 16, 2011).
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Professor Hope Harrison featured in piece about the Berlin Wall (August 13, 2011).
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Professor Hope Harrison in New York Times article on the Berlin Wall (August 12, 2011).
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Professor Hope Harrison writes piece on the building of the Berlin Wall (August 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman disusses the UK riots and the European debt crisis on NPR (August 11, 2011).
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Professor Hope Harrison interviewed for the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Wall (August 11, 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman interviewed about Washington's role in the economy (August 10, 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman interviewed about the US credit rating and debt ceiling (August 8, 2011).
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Professor Hope Harrison discusses the mental barriers that remain even after the fall of the Berlin Wall in The New York Times (August 8, 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman interviewed about the US stock market (August 7, 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman appears on "Channel 9 WUSA Bruce Johnson Talks Economy" (August 6, 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman discusses the US' credit rating (August 5, 2011).
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Professor Steven Pifer publishes opinion piece on democracy in Ukraine (July 28, 2011).
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IERES Director Henry Hale writes opinion piece on Russia's party system (July 18, 2011) .
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IERES Director Henry Hale interviewed about the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict (July 6, 2011).
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Professor Harris Mylonas writes about clashes between protestors and police in Greece (July 5, 2011).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman discusses the Greek financial crisis (June 30, 2011).
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Research Professor Marlene Laruelle publishes policy brief on EU-Russia relations and Asian security (June 22, 2011).
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Professor Harris Mylonas analyzes the cabinet reshuffle in Greece (June 17, 2011).
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Research Professor Marlene Laruelle writes commentary on Central Asian Islamism (June 2011).
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IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes article on the war in Afghanistan (June 2011).
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Professor Henry Farrell co-authors article on the Euro (May/June 2011).
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The 2013 WPA Regional Congress, focusing on facilitating mental health and primary care intergration in Southeast Europe and Eurasia, will be held in Bucharest.
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Associate Director Cory Welt, in Baku, comments on US-Azerbaijani relations and the Karabakh conflict for News.az (May 2, 2011).
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Professor Sharon Wolchik receives summer research fellowship from the Woodrow Wilson Center for the project"From Belgrade to Egypt:  The Impact of Youth Activists in the Postcommunist World on the Middle East/North Africa."

Professor Merve Kavakci publishes opinion piece on Islamic dress in Europe (April 28, 2011).
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IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes article on pipeline politics in post-Soviet countries (April 2011).
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IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors op-ed in New York Times about media and revolutions (April 22, 2011).
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Associate Director Cory Welt, visiting Baku, comments on US-Russia security cooperation for the Azerbaijani press agency APA (April 21, 2011).
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IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes piece on revolutions (April 2011).
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Professor Harris Mylonas and Wilder Bullard publish op-ed on intervention in Libya (April 13, 2011).
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Professor Merve Kavakci-Islam discusses the burqa ban in France (April 13, 2011).
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Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors op-ed on US austerity measures and foreign policy (April 1, 2011).
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The Mellon Foundation awards a 3-year, $285,000 grant to support a week-long summer institute for Ph.D. students on archival research and a Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship in Cold War/Post-1945 International History (March 2011).

IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung publishes article on the Russian gas industry (March 25, 2011).
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Article about IERES event featured on Eurasianet (March 23, 2011).
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Professor Hope Harrison's book on the building of the Berlin Wall is published in German (March 2011).

Paid internships available at the U.S.-Russia Business Council (March 2011).
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The spring issue of the IERES newsletter is now available (March 2011).
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IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Lisel Hintz is awarded a Critical Language Scholarship to study Turkish in Bursa, Turkey (March 2011).

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes piece on state failure and radical Islam in Central Asia (March 2011).
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IERES Assistant Director Robert Orttung co-authors op-ed on revolutions and democracy (March 7, 2011).
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Deadline for applications for the Summer Institute on Conducting Archival Research extended to March 10.
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt and co-author Samuel Charap publish report A More Proactive U.S. Approach to the Georgia Conflicts (February 2011).
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Report by IERES Associate Director Cory Welt and co-author Samuel Charap quoted on the North Caucasus in the New York Times (February 12, 2011).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt is quoted in "Look Who's Doing the K Street Shuffle" (February 10, 2011).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt and co-author Samuel Charap publish commentary for IISS Caucasus Security Insight on easing the crossing regime along the Akbhazian and South Ossetian conflict lines.
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Professor Harris Mylonas and Wilder Bullard publish op-ed discussing the security implications of uprisings in the Middle East (February 8, 2011)
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Call for Applications: IERES Postdoctoral Fellowships 2011-12 (January 2011)

IERES Doctoral Student Fellow Charles Sullivan publishes piece on insurgency in the North Caucasus (January 2011)
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Call for applications: 2001-2012 Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Cold War/Post-1945 International History (January 2011)

Call for applications: 2011 Summer Institute for Conducting Archival Research (January 2011)

Call for applications: one-day workshop on conducting archival research in non-US archives (January 2011)

February 2011 issue of East European Politics & Societies features articles prepared for IERES workshop (January 2011).
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2010

IERES Visiting Scholar Francisco Javier Rodriguez Jimenez publishes book Antidoto Contra el Antiamericanismo? American Studies en Espana, 1945-1969

Professor Steven Pifer writes article on the New START treaty (December 2010).
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Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors opinion piece on Kosovo (December 22, 2010).
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PONARS Eurasia launches new website.
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt co-writes piece on resolving the Georgia conflict (December 16, 2010).
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Professor Steven Pifer writes article on the New START treaty (December 2010).
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Dr. Lajos F. Szaszdi co-authors "What Russia's Stealth Fighter Developments Mean for America" (November 30, 2010).
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Paid internships available at the U.S.-Russia Business Council.
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt writes on Georgia's new constitutional reforms (November 11, 2010).
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Professor Merve Kavakci publishes Headscarf Politics in Turkey (October 2010).

IERES Associate Director Cory Welt co-authors "A New Approach to the Russia-Georgia Conflict" (October 18, 2010).
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PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference Book now available (October 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt is interviewed by Caucasus Times on regional political and security issues (October 14, 2010).
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Call for Papers: 2011 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War

IERES affiliate Nikola Mirilovic publishes a book review in Comparative Political Studies (October 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt is quoted in "Tbilisi Pressing Washington to OK Defense Purchases," EurasiaNet, September 15, 2010.
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Prof. Edward Chow co-writes report on Central Asian pipelines (September 2010).
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IERES Visiting Scholar Ridvan Peshkopia publishes "A Ghost from the Future: The Postsocialist Myth of Capitalism and the Ideological Suspension of Postmodernity" in Theoria: A Journal of Political and Social Theory (September 2010).

Professor Harris Mylonas publishes "Assimilation and its Alternatives: Caveats in the Study of Nation-Building Policies" in Rethinking Violence: States and Non-State Actors in Conflict (August 2010).
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PONARS Eurasia releases "Kyrgyzstan: Recovery and Reformation," Policy Perspectives (August 2010).
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Visiting Scholar Albert Schmidt writes about artifacts of industrial England in The Towpath, C&O Canal's newsletter.
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IERES Director Henry Hale publishes article on the 2010 Ukrainian presidential elections in Journal of Democracy (July 2010) .
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Professor Harris Mylonas co-writes an op-ed on stopping ethnic cleansing in Kyrgyzstan (June 23, 2010).
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Professor Harris Mylonas discusses religion and politics in his presentation on "New Trends In the Data on on Religion and Democracy" (Pgs. 16, 18 and 19).
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IERES affiliate Nikola Mirilovic writes an article on the links between migration and security in Comparative Politics.
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Visiting Scholar Albert Schmidt writes about the canals of Milan in The Towpath, C&O Canal's newsletter.
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Professor James Goldgeier discusses President Obama's relationship with British Prime Minister Cameron (May 13, 2010).
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IERES Director Henry Hale cowrites article on the 2007-08 Russian election cycle and the resulting "tandemocracy" (March/April 2010).
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Professor Harris Mylonas comments on Greek politics and the financial crisis (May 10, 2010).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman speaks about the Greek financial crisis on the Colbert Report (May 10, 2010).
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IERES Director Henry Hale participates in a panel discussion at the Woodrow Wilson Center (May 5, 2010).
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Professor Peter Rollberg authors the first English reference guide devoted to Russian and Soviet cinema (April 2010).
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Professor Scheherazade Rehman explains Greece's debt crisis and the global response on NPR's On Point (April 29, 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt comments on setbacks in the Turkish-Armenian reconciliation process (April 28, 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt comments on Ukraine's decision to extend the Black Sea Fleet's lease (April 26, 2010).
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Professor Edward Chow discusses Russia-Ukraine gas relations (April 22, 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt discusses the US-Georgian strategic partnership at the Woodrow Wilson Center (April 19, 2010).
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Graduate Student Fellow Medlir Mema wins ACES-EU Center of Excellence Pre-PhD Dissertation Award to study the International Criminal Court (April 11, 2010).

Voice of America Web TV posts coverage of IERES' Academic Workshop "Ukraine's 2010 Presidential Elections: What We Learned" (April 7, 2010).
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Professor Harris Mylonas discusses the usefulness of a European Monetary Fund (April 4, 2010).
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IERES Director Henry Hale discusses the role of Azerbaijan (March 23, 2010).
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IERES Associate Director Cory Welt comments on Georgia's new strategy of engagement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia for EurasiaNet (March 18, 2010).
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IERES announces 2010-2011 post-doctoral fellowships.
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Professor Harris Mylonas co-authors op-ed "Greece's crisis, Germany's gain" (March 15, 2010)
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IERES Visiting Scholar Ingrid Lundestad publishes op-ed "Will the US become more active in the Arctic?" (March 12, 2010).
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Professor Henry Farrell explains how people's trust for the government and the economy relate in the Alaska Star (March 11, 2010).
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Professor Hope Harrison discusses her research of the Berlin Wall and professional experience at the White House in German on Deutschlandfunk (January 31, 2010).
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2009 and before

IERES Director Henry Hale outlines Eurasian polities as hybrid regimes and Russian political development under Putin, in the Journal of Eurasian Studies (December 2009).
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Professor Rollberg discusses the Pushkin statue at GW in an interview by the State Department (October 16, 2009).
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Article about Elliott School alumna featured in GW Today.
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Call for Applications: Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship in Contemporary History.
Posted on 10/30/2009

CALL FOR PAPERS - 2010 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War
Posted on 10/01/2009

Professor Henry Hale becomes new Institute Director and MA program director in EES
Posted on 09/01/2009

Greg Domber, who worked with Professor Hope M. Harrison in the GW Cold War history group, has been awarded the 2009 Unterberger Prize for Best Dissertation on U.S. Foreign Policy
Posted on 06/01/2009

Professor Hope M. Harrison Wins a Fulbright Award to Study the History of the Berlin Wall 20 Years After Its Fall
Posted on 04/06/2009

New Course - IAFF 318 - Contemporary Ukrainian Foreign Policy with Ambassador Steven Pifer
Posted on 03/15/2009

Around the Political World in 80 Minutes - What Germans Think and Americans Want to Know
Posted on 03/02/2009

Call for Papers - 2009 International Graduate Student Conference on the Cold War
Posted on 12/17/2008

Call for Applications - SICAR and Mellon Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
Posted on 12/17/2008

In Memoriam
Posted on 12/02/2008

Vladislav Zubok, Visiting Scholar at IERES, received the 2008 Marshall Shulman Book Prize
Posted on 11/08/2008

Democracy and Freedom as Fundamental Human Rights
Posted on 11/05/2008

Fateful Eights in Czech History Conference - October 23-24
Posted on 10/14/2008

Professor Hope M. Harrison speaking at the Institute for Peace on Sept. 26
Posted on 09/22/2008

Student members of the GW Cold War Group to Present at Historians Conference
Posted on 09/15/2008