Yuval Weber (Woodrow Wilson Center) discusses his manuscript "Designed to Fail: Patterns in Russian Economic Reform, 1861-2018" and future leadership dynamics in Russia.

Sufian Zhemukhov (George Washington University) discusses his new book co-authored with Mikhail Alexseev (San Diego State University), Mass Religious Ritual and Intergroup Tolerance: The Muslim Pilgrims' Paradox.

Susanne Wengle (University of Notre Dame) discusses her research project on how rising global prices for agriculture products have led to an influx of capital that has transformed rural economies in Russia.

Jean-François Ratelle (University of Ottawa) discusses the terrorist threat in Russia after the Islamic State, and, more broadly across Eurasia.

Marlene Laruelle (George Washington University) discusses her research projects on the semantic space of “fascism” in today’s Russia and in Moscow’s historical relationship to Europe.

Tomila Lankina (London School of Economics) and Alexander Libman (University of Munich) discuss their research project on Pre-Revolutionary Estates, Modernization and Political Contestation in Soviet and Post-Soviet Russia.