Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization
Vol. 23 (2015) through current issue
Published by: Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, The George Washington University
Volume 26, 2018
Volume 25, 2017
- Volume 25, Number 4, Fall 2017
- Volume 25, Number 3, Summer 2017
- Volume 25, Number 2, Spring 2017
- Volume 25, Number 1, Winter 2017
Volume 24, 2016
- Volume 24, Number 4, Fall 2016
- Volume 24, Number 3, Summer 2016
- Volume 24, Number 2, Spring 2016
- Volume 24, Number 1, Winter 2016
Volume 23, 2015
E-ISSN: 1940-4603
Print ISSN: 1074-6846
Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization
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Volume 26, Number 1, Winter 2018
Co-Executive Editor
Ryan Minor
Arman Schwartz
Editorial Board
Alessandra Campana
Lydia Goehr
Bonnie Gordon
Wayne Heisler
David J. Levin
Christopher Morris
Clemens Risi
Heather Wiebe
Managing Editor
Ann Lewis
Reviews Editor
Wayne Heisler
Advisory Board
John Allison
Philip Auslander
Karol Berger
Leon Botstein
Peter Brooks
Tim Carter
Stanley Cavell
John Deathridge
Mladen Dolar
Martha Feldman
Arthur Groos
Steven Huebner
Linda Hutcheon
Michael Hutcheon
Brian Hyer
Richard Klein
Gundula Kreuzer
William Lacey
Susan McClary
Simon Morrison
Roger Parker
John Rockwell
Ellen Rosand
Emanuele Senici
Mary Ann Smart
Stephen Decatur Smith
Michael P. Steinberg
Gary Tomlinson
Sam Weber
Klaus Zehelein
Slavoj Žižek
Past Editors
Irene Sloan & Sherwin Sloan, Founding Editors (1983–89)
Bruce Burroughs (1989–93)
William Ashbrook (1993–97)
E. Thomas Glasow (1997–2004)
David J. Levin (2004-2015)
Volume 25, Number 4, Fall 2017
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin, 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova, 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev, 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar, 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 25, Number 3, Summer 2017
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin, 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova, 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev, 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar, 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 25, Number 2, Spring 2017
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
Cory Welt, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin, 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova, 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev, 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar, 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 25, Number 1, Winter 2017
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
Cory Welt, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin, 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova, 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev, 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar, 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 24, Number 4, Fall 2016
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
Cory Welt, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin, 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova, 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev, 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar, 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 24, Number 3, Summer 2016
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
Cory Welt, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin, 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova, 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev, 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar, 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 24, Number 2, Spring 2016
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
Cory Welt, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin, 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova, 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev, 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar, 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 24, Number 1, Winter 2016
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
Cory Welt, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Steven Halliwell, River Capital Management
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
Nikolai Zlobin, Center on Global Interests
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin, 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova, 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev, 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar, 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 23, Number 4, Fall 2015
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
Cory Welt, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Steven Halliwell, River Capital Management
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
Nikolai Zlobin, Center on Global Interests
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin, 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova, 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev, 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar, 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 23, Number 3, Summer 2015
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
Cory Welt, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Steven Halliwell, River Capital Management
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
Nikolai Zlobin, Center on Global Interests
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin, 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova, 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev, 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar, 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 23, Number 2, Spring 2015
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, The George Washington University
Marlene Laruelle, The George Washington University
Robert W. Orttung, The George Washington University
Cory Welt, The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Steven Halliwell, River Capital Management
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
Nikolai Zlobin, Center on Global Interests
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King
Volume 23, Number 1, Winter 2015
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Henry E. Hale, Marlene Laruelle, Robert W. Orttung, Cory Welt
The George Washington University
EDITORIAL BOARD
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Andrew Bennett, Georgetown University
Stephen J. Blank, U.S. Army War College
Nicholas Daniloff, Northeastern University
Paula Dobriansky, Harvard University
Gregory Gleason, University of New Mexico
Steven Halliwell, River Capital Management
Stephen Hanson, William & Mary
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Andrei Kortunov, New Eurasia Foundation, Moscow
Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Taras Kuzio, Johns Hopkins University-SAIS
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Christopher Marsh, USAF Special Operations School
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Richard Rose, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Louise Shelley, George Mason University
Stanislau Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Sally W. Stoecker, American University
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
Nikolai Zlobin, Center on Global Interests
DISTINGUISHED FORMER EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Yuri Shchekochikhin 1992–2003
Galina Starovoitova 1994–1998
Alexander N. Yakovlev 1993–2005
Yegor Gaidar 2005–2009
FOUNDER
Fredo Arias-King