Books by Daniel Treisman

About the Contributors

Maxim Ananyev is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles.

Anna Kachkaeva is a Professor in the Faculty of Communications, Media, and Design at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, and a well-known media analyst. From 1994-2012, she hosted and participated in various programs on Radio Svoboda.

Natalia Lamberova is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles.

Maria Lipman is Editor-in-Chief of Counterpoint (George Washington University) and a regular contributor to The New Yorker online. A former analyst at the Carnegie Moscow Center, she was the co-founder and deputy editor of two Russian weekly magazines, Itogi and Ezhenedel'ny zhurnal.

Evgenia Nazrullaeva is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles.

Ben Noble is a Junior Research Fellow at New College, University of Oxford, Senior Researcher in the Laboratory for Regional Political Studies at the Higher School of Economics (Moscow), and recipient of the 2017 Walter Bagehot Prize for the best doctoral dissertation in the field of Government and Public Administration, awarded by the Political Studies Association.

Ella Paneyakh is a Docent in the Department of Sociology, Higher School of Economics-St. Petersburg. Previously, she was a Professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology, and Director of the Institute for the Rule of Law, at the European University at St. Petersburg.

Nikolay Petrov is a Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Methodology of Regional Development Evaluation, at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, as well as the Director of the Center for Political-Geographic Research. Previously, he served as the Director of the Society and Regions Project at the Carnegie Moscow Center, and in the early 1990s as an advisor to the Russian parliament, government, and presidential administration.

Michael Poyker is a Ph.D. student in the Anderson School of Management, University of California, Los Angeles.

Michael Rochlitz is a research fellow in the Institute of Sociology at the Ludwig-Maximilian University in Munich, and a former assistant Professor in the Department of Politics, Higher School of Economics, Moscow.

Kirill Rogov is an expert on Russian politics and economics, and a member of the Boards of the Liberal Mission Foundation (Moscow) and the Levada Center. In 2007-16, he was a Senior Research Fellow at the Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy. He was a Co-founder and Editor-in-chief of the news and opinion portal "Polit.Ru," as well as Deputy Editor-in-chief of Kommersant daily. He is a columnist in leading Russian media such as Vedomosti, Novaya Gazeta, , and RBC.

Dina Rosenberg is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics, Higher School of Economics, Moscow.

Ekaterina Schulmann is a Senior Lecturer (associate professor), teaching legislative process at the School of Public Policy of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. She is the author of the book Legislation as a Political Process (MSPS, 2014) and a regular contributor to Vedomosti, The New Times, Republica, Colta.ru, Carnegie.ru and others. Previously, she worked as a deputy's assistant, political faction analyst, and expert in the Analytical Department of the Russian State Duma.

Anton Sobolev is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles.

Andrei Soldatov is the Founder and Editor of Agentura.ru, an information hub on Russia's intelligence agencies. A frequent commentator on terrorism and intelligence topics for the national and international media, he is the co-author of The Red Web (New York: Public Affairs) and The New Nobility (New York: Public Affairs).

Konstantin Sonin is a Professor in the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, and a Research Fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR). A columnist for Vedomosti and The Moscow Times, he was previously a Professor of Economics and Vice-Rector at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, and a Professor and Vice-Rector a the New Economic School, Moscow.

Daniel Treisman is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In Russia, he is a member of the International Advisory Committee of the Higher School of Economics (Moscow). His latest book is The Return: Russia's Journey from Gorbachev to Medvedev (The Free Press, 2011).

Alexei Zakharov is an Assistant Professor of Economics, at the Higher School of Economics, Moscow, and a columnist for Vedomosti.