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Laure Murat on the gilets jaunes

Jan. 12, 2019. "There is no need for doubtful references to history, it's the present and the future of our democracy which the gilets jaunes movement is questioning," writes Center for European & Russian Studies Laure Murat in the French newspaper Liberation. (In French)
Thursday, January 17, 2019

Laure Murat roils the #MeToo debate in France

In a new book, UCLA's Laure Murat dismisses the current discussion of #MeToo in France as a polemical misdirection and instead calls for a genuine debate on the issues of sexual harassment and assault in the country.
Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Modernization stalls in Russia under Putin's "informational autocracy"

At a recent book talk, Daniel Treisman characterized the current Putin regime as an informational autocracy that relies largely on nonviolent control of information flows and the disabling of opponents.
Wednesday, June 6, 2018

Putin regime authoritarian and incompetent

Mar. 14, 2018. Writing in The Washington Post, UCLA's Dan Treisman says Russia has two modes of governance: autopilot and manual control. "Both systems involve corruption and power networks, as well as arbitrary and sometimes inhumane methods," he says. "Neither is very effective, although both can get results."
Wednesday, March 14, 2018

U.S. takes the measure of the Weinstein affair while French elites prefer to ignore it

Nov. 29, 2017. Writing in the French newspaper Libération, Director of the Center for European and Russian Studies Laure Murat compares the way in which the U.S. and France are addressing (or not) the recent outpouring of sexual harassment and assault testimony in their countries (in French).
Friday, December 1, 2017

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