Latest Past Events

How Durable Is Russia’s Political System? Examining the Consequences of 2019’S Regional Elections

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City

A talk with political scientist Yana Gorokhovskaia. Regional and local elections in Russia are marked by low voter turnout and typically attract little attention at home and abroad. This summer, however, an election for seats in a rubber-stamp regional legislature drew over 50,000 protesters to the streets, resulted in 2,500 detentions, and ended with embarrassing losses for pro-regime United Russia…

A New Age of Transatlantic Relations – Civil Society and Political Engagement

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation on "The Death of Liberalism and its Rebirth: The Role of Civil Society and Political Engagement" among Boris Vormann, Professor of Politics and the head of the politics concentration at Bard College Berlin;  Mark Blyth, Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at the Watson Institute of Brown University; Claudia Wiesner, Professor for Political…