Division 13: Politics of Communist and Former Communist Countries

Exploring the Linkage between Western Education and Governance Reforms - Elvin Yusifli, Leiden University

Nationalism under Putin's Church-State: Justifying Aggression in Ukrainian War - Jadie Minhas, Arizona State University

Preference Falsification under Policy U-Turns in Authoritarianism - Mingcong Pan, University of Wisconsin–Madison; Marshall Mo, Stanford University; Yiqing Xu, Stanford University

The Curious Appeal of Hungary’s "Goulash Populism" in the US and EU - Zsolt Nyiri, Montclair State University

Wait & Wear Them Out: Why Governments Survive Anti-corruption Protests? - Nina Simeonova Barzachka, College of the Holy Cross

Ellen Carnaghan Saint Louis University