Autor: Bassin Mark Bassin

<b></b><b>Marlene Laruelle</b>, Ph.D., is an Associate Director and Research Professor at the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES), Elliott School of International Affairs at the George Washington University. She is also a Co-Director of the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia) and Director of George Washington University’s Central Asia Program.