I am an Associate Professor of Diplomacy & World Affairs and a faculty affiliate of the John Parke Young Initiative on the Global Political Economy at Occidental College in Los Angeles.
I'm an expert in the field of global political economy, authoritarianism, corruption, financial systems, and regime dynamics in Russia and Central Asia. I am currently working on a new project on the geopolitics of the global transition to carbon neutrality.
My research and commentary have appeared in Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Europe-Asia Studies, Law & Policy, Review of International Political Economy, Washington Post, and other publications.
My first book Global Finance, Local Control: Corruption and Wealth in Contemporary Russia explored how money and power operate in globalizing Russia. It was named the co-winner of the 2023 Best Book Award given by the International Political Economy section of the International Studies Association.
Before joining the faculty at Occidental College in 2020, I held appointments and affiliations at Wellesley College, the Monterey Institute for International Studies, the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, the Davis Center at Harvard University, and the Cornell-in-Washington Program. I am a native of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where I had the good fortune to study at the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum #61.
I'm an expert in the field of global political economy, authoritarianism, corruption, financial systems, and regime dynamics in Russia and Central Asia. I am currently working on a new project on the geopolitics of the global transition to carbon neutrality.
My research and commentary have appeared in Communist and Post-Communist Studies, Europe-Asia Studies, Law & Policy, Review of International Political Economy, Washington Post, and other publications.
My first book Global Finance, Local Control: Corruption and Wealth in Contemporary Russia explored how money and power operate in globalizing Russia. It was named the co-winner of the 2023 Best Book Award given by the International Political Economy section of the International Studies Association.
Before joining the faculty at Occidental College in 2020, I held appointments and affiliations at Wellesley College, the Monterey Institute for International Studies, the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, the Davis Center at Harvard University, and the Cornell-in-Washington Program. I am a native of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where I had the good fortune to study at the Physics and Mathematics Lyceum #61.
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Email: ilogvinenko@oxy.edu
Twitter: @igorlogvinenko