Degrees

Ph.D., M.A., Indiana University
A.B., University of Michigan

Main Interests

My primary interest is in comparing Russian and Chinese political behavior in response to both domestic and foreign policy challenges.

I am also interested in the politics of post-Communist states, and more broadly, issues of comparative politics and international relations.

Research Interests

My most recent research project compared elite discourse in Russia and China on democratization.
I have now begun what I envision as a long term project dealing with Russian and Chinese political attitudes and behavior with respect to issues of power. As a component of this research, I am working on an article comparing soft power in the Russian and Chinese political context.

Teaching Interests

Russian Domestic Politics, Russian Foreign Policy, Chinese Domestic Politics, Chinese Foreign Policy, Introduction to International Relations, Theories of International Relations, Senior Seminar in International Relations/Comparative Politics.

Recent Publications

"Discourse on Democratization by Russian and Chinese Political Elites," East European Politics (forthcoming Vol. 25, Issue 2, July 2012).

"The Legacy of the Color Revolutions for Russian Politics and Foreign Policy," Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 57, No. 2 (March-April 2010), 21-36.

"China, Russia, and the Taiwan Issue: The View from Moscow," in James A. Bellacqua, ed. The Future of China-Russia Relations (Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 2010), 293-311.

"Colour Revolutions: The View from Moscow and Beijing," Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, Vol. 25, Issues 2 and 3 (June 2009), 369-395. Also published in Stephen White and David Lane (eds), Rethinking the Coloured Revolutions (New York: Routledge, 2010).

"Emerging Capitalism in Russia and China: Implications for Europe," (with Sheila M. Puffer and Daniel J. McCarthy), European Journal of International Management, Vol. 1, Nos.1/2, 2007, 146-165.

"The Impact of the Demise of State Socialism on China," in David Lane, ed. The Transformation of State Socialism (Hampshire, UK: Palgrave, 2007), 269-285.

"China's Transformation toward Capitalism," in David Lane and Martin Myant, eds. Varieties of Capitalism in Post-Socialist Countries (Hampshire, UK: Palgrave, 2006), 239-257.

Strategic Partners: Russian-Chinese Relations in the Post-Soviet Era (Armonk, NY: M.E.Sharpe, 2004).

Student Projects

This year I am supervising three student honors theses.  Mark Anderson (International Relations 2012) is writing onChina’s energy policies. Katie Mosher (International Relations 2012) is researching the migration of workers from Central Asia to Russia, and Yuri Kamihagi (International Relations 2012) is comparing the regulation of religion in China and Bhutan. In addition, I am directing  an independent study with Frances (Ke) Feng (International Relations, Political Science and Economics 2013) on China’s foreign policy.