16. Communist/Post-communist Countries

04. Politics of Developing Countries

Mária Bordás, National University of Public Service

Decentralization, Public Goods Provision, and Corruption: Evidence from Community Amalgamation in Ukraine - Anastasiia Vlasenko, Florida State University

Shaping Anti-Corruption Discourse in Post-Soviet Russia: Passing the Buck by Setting Example - Anna Nikolaevna Makhova-Gregg, Austin Peay State University

Transition in Central Asia: How Kazakhstan Fared Better? - Vepa Rejepov, The University of Texas at Dallas

Why Weak States Balance: National Mobilization and Georgia’s Post-Cold War Security Strategy - Eteri Tsintsadze-Maass, Old Dominion University

Assessing the Strength of South Caucasian Strategic Triangles: The Russia-Armenia-Iran And Turkey-Georgia-Azerbaijan Triangles - Kathleen Ann Gergely, Indiana University-Bloomington

Kathleen E. Akers, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business

Mária Bordás, National University of Public Service