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
Economic Challenges Facing Eurasia in the COVID-19 Era
Friday, December 11
"COVID-19 and Its Implications for Azerbaijan: Is the System Resilient Enough to Withstand the Perfect Storm?"
Anar Valiyev (ADA University, Baku)

"Prospects for Economic Reform in Russia"
Peter Rutland (Wesleyan University)

"The Myth of Soft Budget Constraints in Socialist Economies"
Vladimir Popov (Dialogue of Civilizations Research Institute, Berlin)
Hosted on Cisco Webex
Event Number: 120 902 5037
Event Password: PONARS
Upcoming
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.