Panel 2: Authoritarianism and Democracy Promotion - PONARS Eurasia Spring Policy Conference 2023

Chair: Mikhail Troitskiy, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Hannah Chapman, University of Oklahoma
“All Fraud is Not Created Equal: Recent Electoral Manipulation Practices Are Less Likely to Incite Public Ire”

Emil Dzhuraev, Soros Foundation-Kyrgyzstan
“Il Nuovo Principe: How Sadyr Japarov turned democracy on itself and ruled bravely thereafter”

Cole Harvey, Oklahoma State University
“The Risk of Protest Won’t Stop Election Manipulation: Implications for Democracy Assistance”

Valerie Sperling, Clark University and Laura Henry, Bowdoin College (co-authored with Lisa Sundstrom)
“Exodus: Russian Repression and Social ‘Movement’”

Margarita Zavadskaya, University of Helsinki, Finland
“Civic Activism among Russian Migrants after February 24: Evidence from Panel Survey Data”

Discussant: Heather Ashby, U.S. Institute of Peace

Recorded March 3rd, 2023 at the Elliott School of International Affairs