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Soviet Studies, National Security and the Production of “Useful” Knowledge: A Discussion of Know Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America's Soviet Experts by Dawisha, Karen L.

“…Know Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America's Soviet Experts. By David C. Engerman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 480p. $34.95. Know Your Enemy is…”
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Soviet Studies, National Security and the Production of “Useful” Knowledge by Dawisha, Karen L.

“…Know Your Enemy: The Rise and Fall of America's Soviet Experts. By David C. Engerman. New York: Oxford University Press, 2009. 480p. $34.95. Know Your Enemy is…”
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The Escape from Institution-Building in a Globalized World: Lessons from Russia by Sharafutdinova, Gulnaz, Dawisha, Karen

“…Strong institutions and accountable governments are imperative for any country’s long-term prosperity. Yet the development of such institutions has presented a…”
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Is Russia's Foreign Policy That of a Corporatist-Kleptocratic Regime? by Dawisha, Karen

“…Is Russian foreign policy the foreign policy of a struggling democratic, hybrid, semi-authoritarian, rentier, or corporatist-kleptocratic state? Russia…”
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THE PUTIN PRINCIPLE: How It Came to Rule Russia by Dawisha, Karen

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Political Learning in Post-Communist Elections by Dawisha, Karen, Deets, Stephen

“…This article draws several conclusions. First, that elections provide critical information for shaping behavior, since in the second and third rounds, party…”
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The Russian Parliament: Institutional Evolution in a Transitional Regime, 1989-1999 . Thomas Remington The Politics of Institutional Choice: The Formation of the Russian State Duma . Steven S. Smith , Thomas F. Remington by Dawisha, Karen

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Communism as a Lived System of Ideas in Contemporary Russia by Dawisha, Karen

“…Many in the West and the USSR (but not in Eastern Europe) were surprised that communism as an idea fell along with the regimes that it had buttressed. Perhaps…”
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Political learning in postcommunist elections by Dawisha, Karen, Deets, Stephen

“…This article draws several conclusions. First, that elections provide critical information for shaping behavior, since in the second and third rounds, party…”
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The Prague Spring and Its Aftermath: Czechoslovak Politics, 1968–1970. By Kieran Williams. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. 270p. $59.95 cloth, $19.95 paper by Dawisha, Karen

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The Question of Questions: Was the Soviet Union Worth Saving? by Dawisha, Karen

“…Karen Dawisha suggests that Cohen's argument is based on a minimalist definition of the requirements for the survival of the “Soviet Union” and that it ignores…”
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Energy and the Soviet Bloc: Alliance Politics After Stalin. By William M. Reisinger. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992. 184p. $34.50 by Dawisha, Karen

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Electocracies and the Hobbesian Fishbowl of Postcommunist Politics by Dawisha, Karen

“…All but two postcommunist countries (Tajikistan and Turkmenistan) have held at least one election that international observers have deemed to be largely free…”
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How to Build a Democratic Iraq by Dawisha, Adeed, Dawisha, Karen

“…What follows the war in Iraq will be at least as important as the war itself. Nurturing democracy there after Saddam won't be easy. But it may not be…”
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The End of Empire? The Transformation of the USSR in Comparative Perspective by Dawisha, Karen, Parrott, Bruce

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The Role of Ideas in Post-Communist Politics: A Reevaluation by Dawisha, Karen, Ganev, Venelin I

“…In the immediate aftermath of 1989, the annus mirabilis of the late twentieth century, intellectual audiences in both the East and the West appeared convinced…”
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The Soviet polity in the modern era by Dawisha, Karen

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The Case for Detente by Dawisha, Karen

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Soviet Decision-Making in the Middle East: The 1973 October War and the 1980 Gulf War by Dawisha, Karen

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Soviet Perceptions of the United States and Soviet Bargaining Behavior: The Nuclear Test Ban Case by Dawisha, Karen

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