Suspicion of terror in Russian jet crash raises questions for Obama
Prof. Robert Pape discusses possible link between suspected downing of Russian plane and larger military interventions against ISIS
Small Group Stymies Russian Reforms
In op-ed, Prof. Konstantin Sonin says reforms of Russian state-owned enterprises ‘remain practically impossible’ as their inefficiencies benefit an influential minority
Moscow Times
No Good News for Russia's Economy
In op-ed, Prof. Konstantin Sonin discusses political obstacles to Russian economic growth
Moscow Times
Football and the Russian Middle Class
In op-ed, Prof. Konstantin Sonin discusses increase in Russian soccer attendance to illustrate importance of small economic gains
Moscow Times
The man who was once Russia’s largest foreign investor says he should’ve ‘never gone there in the first place’
Article highlights UChicago alumnus Bill Browder, whose investment career in Russia has led him to launch a human-rights campaign
Russia faces the power of embarrassment: Column
Prof. Robert Pape says United States should use ‘politics of embarrassment’ of Malaysia Airlines disaster to drive wedge between Russia and separatist forces in eastern Ukraine
Monika Nalepa
Title: Professor of Political Science
Expertise: Legislation, Game theory, Democracy, Russia
Departmental website: https://political-science.uchicago.edu/directory/monika-nalepa