News
News
Media: Where the war is now and what to do with Talk TV, November 2023.
Media: (for HJS) - Putin's war and Russia's future with The Sun, November 2023.
Media: The Jewish Autonomous Oblast and Anti-Semitism in Russia, October 2023.
Book Launch: Launch of my book at the Institute for Policy Research at the University of Bath, September 2023.
Media: Russia & North Korea with Talk TV, September 2023.
Media: Viktor Bout and Russian local elections with France 24, September 2023.
Media: Russia & North Korea with BBC Five Live, September 2023.
Media: The state of the war in Ukraine with Talk TV, September 2023.
Media: Wagner Group with Euronews, August 2023.
Media: Wagner Group with Les Echoes, August 2023.
Media: Wagner Group with Deutsche Welle, August 2023.
Media: Wagner Group with GB News, August 2023.
Media: Wagner Group with LBC News, August 2023.
Media: Russia-Ukraine War, August 2023.
Media: Russia-Ukraine War, August 2023.
Media: Russia-Ukraine War, August 2023.
Media: Russia-Ukraine War, August 2023.
Media: Authoritarian resilience with The Wall Street Journal, July 2023.
Media: Aleksei Dumin as possible Defence Minister with France 24, June 2023.
Media: Sergei Surovikin and possible Russian army purge with France 24, June 2023.
Media: Aftermath of the rebellion in Russia with Talk TV, June 2023.
Media: Rebellion in Russia with GB News, June 2023.
Media: Opposition in Russia with Dagbaldet Informeren, June 2023.
Media: Rebellion in Russia with Talk TV, June 2023.
Media: Wagner Rebellion and Sergei Shoigu with France 24, June 2023.
Media: Rebellion in Russia with Talk TV, June 2023.
Media: Interviewed for the article "Dictators Dark Secret: They're learning from each other" with The Washington Post, June 2023.
Media: on the drone attack on Moscow with The New York Magazine, June 2023.
Media: Current situation in Ukraine and Kosovo with Talk TV, May 2023.
Media: Drone attack on Moscow with 5 Live, May 2023
Media: Drone attack on Moscow with Talk Radio, May 2023.
Media: Drone attack on Moscow with BFSB, May 2023.
Media: Drone attack on Moscow with Talk Radio, May 2023.
Media: Drone attack on Moscow with UCB, May 2023
Media: Drone attack on Moscow with LBC News, May 2023.
Media: Authoritarian learning and support with The Washington Post, May 2023.
Media: Russian Freedom Legion with France 24, May 2023
Media: Russian PMCs with EuroNews, May 2023.
Media: Interview on Zelensky's visit to UK with LBC News, May 2023.
Media: Interview on UK giving Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine with LBC, May 2023.
Media: Interview on Russian PMCs with EuroNews, May 2023.
Blog: 'Stalin-style' show trials and unexplained deaths of opposition figures show the depths of repression in Putin's Russia, The Conversation, April 2023.
Media: Interview on the Pentagon Leaks with Talk TV, April 2023.
Media: Interview on Finland joining NATO with BBC Wales, April 2023.
Media: Interview on Finland joining NATO with Talk TV, April 2023.
Media: Interview on Sergei Roldugin as Putin's wallet with France 24, March 2023.
Conference: BASEES Conference, 31/03/2023-02/04/2023.
Blog: Ukraine: Kremlin warning of 'forever war' reflects shifting Russian rhetoric about 'special military operation,' The Conversation, March 2023.
Media: Interview on the possible fracturing of the Russian elite, France 24, March 2023.
Interview: Dr Stephen Hall - How Authoritarian Regimes Learn from Each Other Spreading Intolerance like a Virus, Silicon Curtain, March 2023.
Media: Interview on the China-Russia meeting and what it means, with BBC Somerset, March 2023.
Media: Interview on the China-Russia meeting and what it means, with BBC Wales, March 2023.
Blog: Ukraine war: how the west's weak reaction to Crimea's referendum paved the way for a wider invasion, The Conversation, March 2023.
Media: Interview on was the EuroMaidan a coup with Kalima Horra, March 2023.
Blog: Gleb Pavlovsky obituary: the man who turned Vladimir Putin into Russia's action man, The Conversation, March 2023.
Media: Interview on Russia's suspension of START III with BBC Somerset, February 2023.
Media: Interview on Russia's war on Ukraine a year in with Heart Radio, February 2023.
Media: Interview on Russia's war on Ukraine a year in with BBC Cumbria, February 2023.
Media: Interview on Britian's continued support for Ukraine with BBC 5 Live, February 2023.
Media: Interview on Britian's continued support for Ukraine with GB News, February 2023.
Media: Interview on the Russian cinema with AL News 24, February 2023.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC News, January 2023.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, January 2023.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with France 24, January 2023.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, December 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC News, December 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Arabia, November 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with France 24, November 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC News, November 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, October 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, October 2022.
Aleksanteri Conference: University of Helsinki, 26/10/2022 - 28/10/2022.
Research Seminar: St. Anthony's, University of Oxford. Paper Presented "The End of Adaptive Authoritarianism in Russia?"
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, October 2022.
Media: Interview on Putin's inner-circle with Newsweek, October 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Somerset, October 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, October 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with Heart, October 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with Greatest Hits Radio, October 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Scotland, October 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with France-24, September 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, September 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with the Mriya Report, September 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Foyle, September 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Radio 5 Live, September 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, September 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, September 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Hereford & Worcester, September 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Wales, September 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Surrey & Sussex, September 2022.
APSA General Conference: 15/09/2022 - 18/09/2022.
Blog: How Russia is using gas as a political tool to win support for the Ukraine war, The Conversation, August 2022.
Media: Interview on the death of Gorbachev with BBC Hereford & Worcestershire, August 2022.
Media: Interview on the death of Gorbachev with BBC Somerset, August 2022.
Media: Interview on the death of Gorbachev with BBC 5 Live, August 2022.
Media: Interview on the death of Gorbachev with LBC Radio, August 2022.
Media: Interview on the death of Gorbachev with Talk TV, August 2022.
Blog: Jews are leaving Russia again - is history repeating itself, The Conversation, August 2022
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Scotland, August 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Radio 5 Live, August 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, August 2022.
Media: Interview on the car bombing in Moscow and death of Daria Dugina with Business Insider, August 2022.
Media: Interview on the car bombing in Moscow and death of Daria Dugina with France-24, August 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Mundo, July 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with AL 24 News, July 2022.
Media: Contribution to The Walter Report on Twitter on the Russia-Ukraine war, July 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, June 2022.
Blog: Ukraine and Moldova gain EU candidate status but face a long road to full membership, The Conversation, June 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Coventry and Warwickshire, June 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, June 2022.
Blog: Ukraine war: all eyes on Lithuania as sanctions close Russian land access to Kaliningrad, The Conversation, June 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, June 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC 5 Live, June 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with New Geopolitics Research Network, June 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, June 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Somerset, June 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, June 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with AL 24 News, May 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with France 24, May 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Hereford and Worcester, May 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with Talk TV/Talk Radio, May 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with LBC Radio, May 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with GB News, May 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Bristol, April 2022.
Media: Interview on the Russia-Ukraine war with Euronews, April 2022.
Blog: Aleksei Navalny: new film about jailed dissident who dared to defy the power of Putin, The Conversation, April 2022.
Media: Interview regarding the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Arabia TV, April 2022.
Media: Interview regarding the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Somerset, April 2022.
European Consortium for Political Research Joint Session: University of Edinburgh, 19/04/2022 - 22/04/2022
BASEES General Conference: 08/04/2022 - 10/04/2022.
Navalny Film: Attendance for secret screening to review the film for The Conversation, April 2022.
Media: Interview regarding the Russia-Ukraine war with BBC Wales, April 2022.
Media: Interview regarding the Russia-Ukraine war with 770CHRQ, Canada, April 2022.
Blog: Ukraine war: inside the complex web of Russia’s warring intelligence agencies, The Conversation, April 2022.
Blog: Putin’s Russia: how the ex-KGB strongman has gradually turned the clock back to Soviet repression, The Conversation, April 2022.
Conferences
The Demis of the Russian Gravity Centre, British International Studies Association Conference, June 2023.
Roundtable: "The (absolute) state of the discipline: Expertise, engagement, ethics and Russia’s war on Ukraine," British International Studies Association Conference, June 2023.
The End of Russian Adaptive Autocracy, Seventh Annual Tartu Conference on East European and Eurasian Studies, June 2023.
The End of Russian Adaptive Autocracy, British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies Conference, March/April 2023.
Learning from Failure? Putin's Recurrent Ukrainian Mistake, Aleksanteri Conference, University of Helsinki, October 2022.
Preparing for Continuation? The 2021 elections as part of the development of anti-opposition tactics in building up to 2024 in Russia, American Political Science Assocaition, September 2022.
Bromance and Authoritarian Learning: Analysing Networks to Develop Best Survival Practices, British Association of Slavonic and East European Studies, April 2022.
Developing best Practices “against Terrorists who Protest”: Regional Organisations as learning clubs for Autocracies, International Studies Association, April 2022.
Developing best Practices “against Terrorists who Protest”: Regional Organisations as learning clubs for Autocracies, American Political Science Association, September 2021.
Workshops
Developing best Practices “against Terrorists who Protest”: Regional Organisations as learning clubs for Autocracies, European Consortium for Political Research Joint Session, University of Edinburgh, April 2022.