Why Russian studies in the West failed to provide a clue about Russia and Ukraine

co-authored with Ilona Sologoub (VoxUkraine) and Tetyana Deryugina (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has brought a sobering realization that, even 30 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia continues to be a brutal empire. At the same time, after expecting Kyiv to fall in ... Continue reading »