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Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization is a peer-reviewed, international, and interdisciplinary quarterly journal that covers historical and current transformations in the Soviet Union and its successor states. The journal welcomes submissions by academics, policymakers, and other specialists on the political, social, and economic changes begun in 1985.
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Volume 28, Number 2, Spring 2020Editorial Board
Executive Committee
Chair of the Editorial Board
Henry E. Hale
Editor
Robert W. Orttung
Managing Editor
Ellen Powell
Editorial Board
Leon Aron, American Enterprise Institute
Helge Blakkisrud, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI)
Li Bennich-Björkman, Uppsala University
Stephen J. Blank, American Foreign Policy Council
Vladimir Gel'man, EUSP/University of Helsinki
Stefan Hedlund, Uppsala University
Olexiy Haran, Kyiv Mohyla Academy
Eugene Huskey, Stetson University
Pål Kolstø, University of Oslo
Andrew Kuchins, Georgetown University
Taras Kuzio, University of Alberta/Johns Hopkins University
Mart Laar, Isamaaliit
Tomila Lankina, London School of Economics
Gerard Libaridian, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Maria Lipman, The George Washington University
Kimitaka Matsuzato, University of Tokyo
Michael McFaul, Stanford University
Herman R. Pirchner Jr., American Foreign Policy Council
Peter Rutland, Wesleyan University
Stanislaw Shushkevich, Social-Democratic Hramada
Peter Solomon, University of Toronto
Martin Walker, United Press International
J. Michael Waller, Center for Security Policy
Alexandra Yatsyk, Uppsala University
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
