We invite you to participate in our upcoming PONARS Eurasia Fridays event series. This online panel series will give you the the opportunity to discuss important policy issues with leading and up-and-coming scholars from North America, Russia, Europe, and Eurasia.

Fridays from 10:00-11:30 am US Eastern Time

This Week
Toward the Rule of Law in Eurasia?
Friday, October 30
"Justices for Democracy? The Kyrgyz Constitutional Chamber's Fledgling Guardianship of Democracy"
Emilbek Dzhuraev (OSCE Academy in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan)

"Justice Without a Blindfold: The Complex Politicization of a Notorious Ukrainian Court"
Ivan Gomza (Kyiv School of Economics, Ukraine)

"The Politics of Corruption Prosecution"
Maria Popova (McGill University)

"Russia's Unexpected Anti-Corruption Enforcement"
David Szakonyi (George Washington University)
Hosted on Cisco Webex
Event Number: 120 157 7156
Event Password: PONARS
Event Link: https://gwu.webex.com/gwu/onstage/g.php?MTID=e508226848ee7a03c661ad715e2e3a954
Upcoming
Eurasia's Newest Leaders: How Are They Doing?
Friday, November 20
Azamat Junisbai (Pitzer College); Alexander Iskandaryan (Caucasus Institute, Armenia); Oleksandr Fisun (V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine); Jennifer Murtazashvili (University of Pittsburgh)
Shaping a Usable Past: Memory Wars in Russia and Central Europe
Friday, December 4
Alexei Miller (European University at Saint Petersburg); James Richter
(Bates College); Ivan Kurilla (European University at Saint Petersburg); Marlene Laruelle (George Washington University)
Economic Challenges Facing Eurasia in the COVID-19 Era
Friday, December 11
Vladimir Popov (Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, Berlin); Anar Valiyev (ADA University, Azerbaijan); Peter Rutland (Wesleyan University)
Electoral Authoritarianism in Eurasia: Continuities and Transformations
Friday, December 18
Kirill Rogov (Liberal Mission Foundation, Russia); Nikolay Petrov (Chatham House, London); Danielle Lussier (Grinnell College); Igor Okunev (Moscow State Institute of International Relations)
This event series is on the record and open to the media.
PONARS Eurasia is an international network of scholars advancing new approaches to research on security, politics, economics, and society in Russia and Eurasia. The program is based at the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the George Washington University's Elliott School of International Affairs. PONARS Eurasia is supported in part by a grant from Carnegie Corporation of New York.