Monthly Archives: August 2016

I’ve been studying Uzbekistan for over a decade. As both an MA and a PhD student, I studied the country extensively, and was the first scholar to study Uzbek digital media in depth. Other areas of research are state and dissident politics, … Continue reading →

As Milwaukee burns and Baton Rouge floods, I wrote about the abandonment of the heartland for Quartz: They come for the chaos. They don’t stay for the banal brutality of the time in between, the slow erosion of opportunities that … Continue reading →

For Quartz, I looked over years of Russian-language coverage of Trump, which long preceded his campaign, and reflected on their relationship and their collaborative white supremacist bases: While some members of the US media have dismissed attempts to examine Trump’s … Continue reading →

From my latest for the Globe and Mail: He had no intention of making an actual foreign policy speech. Instead, he made a domestic policy speech aimed at recasting innocent U.S. citizens as dangerous foreign infiltrators. There is no true … Continue reading →

The Polish news outlet Onet did another interview with me on the US election and its potential ramifications for Poland and other Eastern European states. You can read excerpts in Polish here, and the original interview in English below: Hillary … Continue reading →

In which I try to explain to a European audience this unique pathology affecting Americans: The answer is often axiomatic. People hate Hillary Clinton because people hate Hillary Clinton. This instinctive, matter-of-fact hatred is known in America as Clinton Derangement … Continue reading →

Another horrifying day in the US election. My latest on Trump’s assassination threats for Globe and Mail: “By the way, and if she gets the pick – if she gets the pick of her judges, nothing you can do, folks,” … Continue reading →

My latest for Quartz is a sequel of sorts to my Foreign Policy piece (see below) on the repercussions of a Trump loss, and how his campaign has mainstreamed extremism: Donald Trump’s erratic behavior over the past week has led … Continue reading →

I’ve been a little lazy about updating this website, which I use mostly to let readers know what I’ve written recently. Lately I’ve written a lot! Here’s everything since the last update: The Democrats’ America on display: flawed but not … Continue reading →