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Political Islam and Women’s Rights – Evidence from Turkey
In this policy brief, I discuss how state-of-the-art econometric techniques can be used to shed light on the causal effe…
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Empirical Evidence on Natural Resources and Corruption
This policy brief addresses the relationship between resource wealth and a particular institutional outcome – corruption…
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And Then There Were Eighteen? Will Latvia Join the Euro Zone in 2014?
Latvia’s government is zealously preparing for accession to the Euro Zone. Prime Minister Valdis Dombrovskis is expected…
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Natural Resources, Intangible Capital and Sustainable Development in a Small, Oil-Rich Region
“Where scientific enquiry is stunted, the intellectual life of a nation dries up, which means the withering of many poss…
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The Eurasian Customs Union among Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan: Can It Succeed Where Its Predecessor Failed?
In 2010, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan formed the Eurasian Customs Union and imposed the Russian tariff as the common e…
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Political Instability in Fragile Democracies: Political Cycles Kyrgyz Style
Democratization is rarely a straight and predictable process. Freedom House data from the Central and Eastern European C…
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Do Economic Sanctions Work?
Analysts have interpreted the recent openings in Myanmar and North Korea as the finally successful result of years of in…
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Presidential Elections in Russia: Massive Vote Fraud Ensures that Legitimacy is in Doubt, but the Policy Direction is not
The March 4th, 2012, elections formally returned Vladimir Putin, the paramount leader of Russia since 1999, to the presi…
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A Resonant Signal: the Russian Parliamentary Elections of December 2011
Days before December 4, prospects of electoral democracy in Russia looked bleak. Consolidation of the authoritarian rule…
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