BookGlobal Finance, Local Control: Corruption and Wealth in Contemporary Russia Cornell Studies in Money Cornell University Press, October - 2021 Exploring Russia's reentry into global capital markets at the dawn of the twenty-first century, Global Finance, Local Control shows how economic integration became deeply entangled with a bare-knuckled struggle for control over the vestiges of the Soviet empire. Igor Logvinenko reveals how the post-communist Russian economy became a full-fledged participant in the international financial sector without significantly improving the local rule of law. Global Finance, Local Control delivers a somber lesson about the integration of emerging markets: without strong domestic rule-of-law protections, financial internationalization entrenches oligarchic capitalism and strengthens authoritarian regimes. Reviewed in Eurasian Geography and Economics (2021); Ab Imperio Quarterly (2022); Russian Review (2022); Slavic Review (2023). Co-winner of the 2023 Best Book Award. International Political Economy section of the International Studies Association Links to various podcasts I have done. |
Recent publications2024. "Stewards, Defenders, Progenitors, and Collaborators: Courts in the Age of Democratic Decline." Law & Policy [w/ Michael Dichio]
2024. "'Culture and Practice…Eat Documents For Lunch:' Norms and Procedures in the 2020 Election Cases" Law & Policy [w/ Michael Dichio] 2023. “Why did Financial Openness Reforms Succeed in Russia, but not in China?” Russian Politics 8: 48-75. 2022. "Gender and the Ukrainian refugee crisis: the case of Poland." European Journal of Politics and Gender 5-3: 402 - 405 [w/ Olga Brzezinska]. 2022. "Analysis | Hundreds of Western companies quickly exited Russia. Why didn’t Putin see that coming?" The Washington Post 2021. "Authoritarian Populism, Courts, and Democratic Erosion: What Americans Can Learn from the Rest of the World." Just Security [w/ Michael Dichio] You can locate links to all my work on my Google Scholar profile |
Work in ProgressThe Green Energy Chessboard: Strategic Moves for a Sustainable Future
The book-length project applies the principles of realist political economy to U.S. renewable energy policies in the larger context of great power competition. Other work in progress: “A Deeper Game: The Implications of Max Weber's Verstehen for Game Theoretic Analysis” article under review “National Power and Energy Policy” [w/ Peter Vartanian - in draft ] |
