Is Russia’s Internal Stability at Stake? - PONARS Fall Conference 2023 Panel 4

Edward Holland, University of Arkansas
“Revisiting Arguments About the Breakup of the Russian Federation”
Natalia Forrat, University of Michigan
“Turning the Soviet Ethos into a Democracy Cause: Lessons from the 2020 Belarus Mobilization”
Katie Stewart, Knox College
“Karelia’s Response to Finland’s Accession to NATO”
Irina Busygina, Harvard University
“Center-Regional Relations in Russia During the War: Are There Signs of Model Erosion?”
Richard Arnold, Muskingum University
“Cossacks as a Case Study in Russia’s Paramilitarization”
Discussant: Miriam Lanskoy, National Endowment for Democracy
Chair: Polina Sinovets, Odesa I. I. Mechnikov National University