Russia and Soviet political economy

Explores how Western institutions rapidly disassociated from Russian oligarchs after Ukraine invasion, introducing oligarch-washing as a framework for understanding institutional responses to.

Explore how foreign aid from UNDP, EU, and TIKA transformed Azerbaijan's vocational education through international cooperation, improving alignment between training and labor market needs.

Research examining localized import-substituting exports stimulation model in Belarusian agroindustry, analyzing SLISE as offensive strategy reorienting domestic markets toward export preparation.

Subsample analysis reveals structural breaks in Russia's oil revenue shock transmission mechanisms post-2014, showing reversed fiscal policy effects and strengthened monetary policy inflation.

Study documenting 33.3% exit rate of foreign-invested firms from Russia post-2022 invasion, analyzing sectoral patterns and state influence on politicized exit transactions.

Examine how corporate size, financial capacity, and ESG governance drive multinational firms' divestment decisions from Russia, revealing stakeholder accountability over economic constraints.

Examine how Romanian think tanks influence foreign policy through EU and NATO integration, analyzing funding, networks, and institutional capacity to determine policy impact.

Explore how Soviet Moscow managed migrant workers through labor-based citizenship conditionality, revealing socialist mechanisms that predate neoliberal governance practices and reshape migration.