Publications
Book
How Propaganda Wins: The Making of Loyal Audiences in Autocracies
Cambridge University Press, forthcoming
2027
Peer-Reviewed Papers
Is There Really a Dictator's Dilemma? Information and Repression in Autocracy
American Journal of Political Science, Vol. 70, No. 1
2026
Quantifying Narrative Similarity Across Languages
Sociological Methods & Research, Vol. 54, No. 3
2025
Rethinking Propaganda: How State Media Build Trust Through Belief Affirmation
The Journal of Politics, Vol. 86, No. 4
2024
Is Postcommunism Over? What Is and Is Not Distinctive About Eastern Europe and Eurasia Three Decades After Communism
Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 71, No. 6
2024
Why Is Media Trust Low in Post-Communist Countries?
Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 71, No. 6
2024
Fake News for All: How Citizens Discern Disinformation in Autocracies
Political Communication, Vol. 41, No. 1
2024
The Oligarch Vanishes: Defensive Ownership, Property Rights, and Political Connections
Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Vol. 17, No. 4
2022
Who Gets Ahead in Authoritarian Parliaments? The Case of the Russian State Duma
The Journal of Legislative Studies
2021
Eurasia and Post-Communism: Weasel Words?
East European Politics and Societies, Vol. 34, No. 2
2020
Book Chapters
The Russian Media
In Susanne Wengle (ed.), Russian Politics Today: Stability and Fragility. Cambridge University Press
2023
Russia: Muddling Through Populism and the Pandemic
In Nils Ringe & Lucio Renno (eds.), Populists and the Pandemic. Routledge
2022
Sovereignty and Regionalism in Eurasia
In Paasi, Harrison & Jones (eds.), Elgar Handbook on the Geographies of Regions and Territories. Edward Elgar
2018
Public Administration in Russia
In Liebert, Condrey & Goncharov (eds.), Public Administration in Post-Communist Countries. Routledge
2013
Policy Memos
War on Screens: The Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine in Russian State Media
PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo No. 951
2025
Can Russians Learn to Recognize Propaganda? Understanding of Media Bias Amid the Ukraine War
PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo No. 918
2024
Filtering the News: Why Russians Prefer Propaganda and Shield Themselves from Independent Reporting
PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo No. 873
2024
Book Reviews
Review: Seeing Red: Russian Propaganda and American News by Sarah Oates & Gordon Neil Ramsay
The Russian Review, Vol. 84, No. 1
2025