Lilia Shevtsova
Biographic Data
| ID | 1132953 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lilia Shevtsova |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lilia |
| FAMILY NAME | Shevtsova |
| SIGNATURE | SHEVTSOVA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 31 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 127 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 31 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Russia's Ukraine Obsession
The world was unprepared for the challenges triggered by Ukraine's efforts to affirm its sovereignty and build a more transparent, democratic state. The only way Ukraine could achieve this goal was by pivoting to the West. In response, Moscow has not only attempted to undermine the Ukrainian state; it has made antagonism to Ukraine its basis for consolidating Russian society. While Western leaders have been looking for ways to enable Vladimir Put…
Paradoxes of Decline
The Russian system of personalized power is growing ever more dependent on the same strategies that proved useless in sustaining the USSR. While the system still has the potential to limp along, its survival tactics render the it progressively more dysfunctional. Among the circumstances weighing against the system’s survival are the unintended yet logical consequences of the regime’s own strategies for monopolizing power and resources. While ther…
Russia’s Political System: Imperialism and Decay
The Authoritarian Resurgence: Forward to the Past in Russia
The Russian system of personalized power has demonstrated the ability to reproduce itself by both imitating and containing the West. In its quest for survival, the system has used foreign policy to a) compensate for the Kremlin’s diminishing resources, and b) contain the West’s impact inside and outside of Russia. The Kremlin’s continued experiments with new “technology” to prolong the system’s life include not only repression but also informatio…
The Maidan and Beyond: The Russia Factor
The Ukrainian events of late 2013 and the first half of 2014 reflect the flowing together of several different crises. The first is the crisis of the post-Soviet political model; the second is the crisis of soft authoritarian rule in Russia; and the third is the normative crisis that besets the liberal democracies and their policies. In addition, these events have not only revealed liberal civilization’s failure to defend Ukrainians’ “choice for …
The Next Russian Revolution
With an elite that seeks only to protect its own interests, and without any alternative force in society, crisis is the only thing capable of stirring the swamp
Russia under Putin: Titanic looking for its iceberg
December 2011 protests in Russia, the largest after the collapse of the Soviet Union, shattered the status quo that had taken shape over the last decade and signaled that Russia is entering turbulent waters. Russia found itself caught in a trap: the 2011–2012 elections perpetuate a personalized power system that became the source of decay. The top-down rule and its “personificator” – Vladimir Putin – are already rejected by the most dynamic and e…
Putinism Under Siege: Implosion, Atrophy, or Revolution
Following the 2011–12 Russian elections that sparked a wave of protests ended the era of Putin’s status quo, a newly awakened Russia is now asking of series of questions, such as how to transform the current system and who will be the actors to lead the transformation. Putin’s regime is clearly now in decline, but it is unclear whether the death knell has sounded for the “Russian System”— a combination of personal rule, the merger of power and as…
Putin's Russia
Medvedev's Potemkin Modernization
The Russian system today has only two ideas: national egotism and personal enrichment. But Russians are beginning to ask: Is our might a delusion? And who is going to make us rich, and how
Twenty Years of Postcommunism: What's the Matter with Russia
Twenty Years of PostcommunismWhat's the Matter with Russia? Lilia Shevtsova (bio) Postcommunist states have taken shape differently depending on the development paths chosen by the elites of the former communist countries. The Central and East European states have restructured themselves with liberal democracy as their foundation. By contrast, Russia and most of the newly independent states on former Soviet territory have reverted to various form…
Reading Russia: The Return of Personalized Power
Reading RussiaThe Return of Personalized Power Lilia Shevtsova (bio) Russia today serves as evidence of Francis Fukuyama's assertion that there are "few alternative institutional arrangements that elicit any enthusiasm" aside from liberal democracy—or at least the appearance of it.1 The Russian elite has followed in the footsteps of other post-totalitarian regimes, which, as Larry Diamond writes, "have felt unprecedented pressure (international a…
La Russie et l'Occident: Pour Y Voir Clair
Post-communist Russia: A Historic Opportunity Missed
Journal Article Post-communist Russia: a historic opportunity missed Get access LILIA SHEVTSOVA LILIA SHEVTSOVA 1Senior Associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Carnegie Moscow Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 83, Issue 5, September 2007, Pages 891–912, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00661.x Published: 01 October 2007
Russia's Ersatz Democracy
What will it take for Russia's political class and society to realize that the current paradigm of development leads to a dead end
Russia's Peripheral Liberalism
Russian Democracy in Eclipse: The Limits of Bureaucratic Authoritarianism
After a decade of revolutionary changes Russia is returning back toward traditionalism. Vladimir Putin is trying to modernize Russia through forming bureaucratic authoritarian regime. But his authoritarianism is weak being constrained first of all by apparatus, the major gravedigger of all Russian reforms. Russian stability is fragile being based on the presidential ratings and lack of alternative. Russiaâ s economic growth is hardly sustainable …
Putin's Russia
revised edition includes and examination of the recent presidential and parliamentary elections and their effects on Putin's leadership and Russia. Praise for the previous edition: Out of her blunt, often acerbic, account come shrewd insights into Putin's transformation from an implausible, contrived successor into a dominator unchallenged by oligarchs, legislators, or regional bosses, let alone a democratic opposition. --Foreign Affairs Shevtsov…
America, Russia and Europe: A realignment
Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: Russia's Hybrid Regime
Ten years after the Soviet Union broke up into 15 independent states, it is possible to form some preliminary conclusions regarding the challenges and problems faced by these transitional societies. First of all, despite their common Soviet roots, their paths of post-Soviet development are becoming ever more divergent--evidence that there are more influences at work than just the legacy of the USSR
Yeltsin and the Evolution of Electoral Monarchy in Russia
Yeltsin's revolutionary rhetoric helped him create the appearance of a complete break with the past, but that break was never as clean as was imagined at first, nor could it have been. Yeltsin's destruction of the Soviet state looks less like a revolution than a palace coup
Yeltsin's Russia: Myths and Reality
Dilemmas of Post-Communist Russia
Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Sunset Boris Yeltsin, of Rassvieta Do Zakata
Where Is Russia Headed? Toward Stability or Crisis
Where Is Russia Headed?Toward Stability or Crisis? Lilia Shevtsova (bio) and Scott A. Bruckner (bio) It is undeniable that many aspects of Russian political life have changed since the Soviet Union was dismantled. During the past five years, a Russian president and legislature have been popularly, and unproblematically, elected. More significantly, a program of political liberalization has been so successfully—albeit perhaps not intentionally—sus…
The Authoritarian Resurgence: Forward to the Past in Russia
The Russian system of personalized power has demonstrated the ability to reproduce itself by both imitating and containing the West. In its quest for survival, the system has used foreign policy to a) compensate for the Kremlin’s diminishing resources, and b) contain the West’s impact inside and outside of Russia. The Kremlin’s continued experiments with new “technology” to prolong the system’s life include not only repression but also informatio…
Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: Russia's Hybrid Regime
Ten years after the Soviet Union broke up into 15 independent states, it is possible to form some preliminary conclusions regarding the challenges and problems faced by these transitional societies. First of all, despite their common Soviet roots, their paths of post-Soviet development are becoming ever more divergent--evidence that there are more influences at work than just the legacy of the USSR
Putinism Under Siege: Implosion, Atrophy, or Revolution
Following the 2011–12 Russian elections that sparked a wave of protests ended the era of Putin’s status quo, a newly awakened Russia is now asking of series of questions, such as how to transform the current system and who will be the actors to lead the transformation. Putin’s regime is clearly now in decline, but it is unclear whether the death knell has sounded for the “Russian System”— a combination of personal rule, the merger of power and as…
The Maidan and Beyond: The Russia Factor
The Ukrainian events of late 2013 and the first half of 2014 reflect the flowing together of several different crises. The first is the crisis of the post-Soviet political model; the second is the crisis of soft authoritarian rule in Russia; and the third is the normative crisis that besets the liberal democracies and their policies. In addition, these events have not only revealed liberal civilization’s failure to defend Ukrainians’ “choice for …
Reading Russia: The Return of Personalized Power
Reading RussiaThe Return of Personalized Power Lilia Shevtsova (bio) Russia today serves as evidence of Francis Fukuyama's assertion that there are "few alternative institutional arrangements that elicit any enthusiasm" aside from liberal democracy—or at least the appearance of it.1 The Russian elite has followed in the footsteps of other post-totalitarian regimes, which, as Larry Diamond writes, "have felt unprecedented pressure (international a…
Russian Democracy in Eclipse: The Limits of Bureaucratic Authoritarianism
After a decade of revolutionary changes Russia is returning back toward traditionalism. Vladimir Putin is trying to modernize Russia through forming bureaucratic authoritarian regime. But his authoritarianism is weak being constrained first of all by apparatus, the major gravedigger of all Russian reforms. Russian stability is fragile being based on the presidential ratings and lack of alternative. Russiaâ s economic growth is hardly sustainable …
Post-Soviet Emigration Today and Tomorrow
Trends in migration from the former Soviet Union are examined in light of recent political changes there. The author projects that "the number of departures may go up to 1-1.5 million people a year. This may happen if the present unfavorable socioeconomic conditions and instability continue to exist and if technical problems related to exit arrangements are solved. Once the situation normalizes first and foremost in Russia, the scope of emigratio…
Russia under Putin: Titanic looking for its iceberg
December 2011 protests in Russia, the largest after the collapse of the Soviet Union, shattered the status quo that had taken shape over the last decade and signaled that Russia is entering turbulent waters. Russia found itself caught in a trap: the 2011–2012 elections perpetuate a personalized power system that became the source of decay. The top-down rule and its “personificator” – Vladimir Putin – are already rejected by the most dynamic and e…
Putin's Russia
revised edition includes and examination of the recent presidential and parliamentary elections and their effects on Putin's leadership and Russia. Praise for the previous edition: Out of her blunt, often acerbic, account come shrewd insights into Putin's transformation from an implausible, contrived successor into a dominator unchallenged by oligarchs, legislators, or regional bosses, let alone a democratic opposition. --Foreign Affairs Shevtsov…
Russia's Ukraine Obsession
The world was unprepared for the challenges triggered by Ukraine's efforts to affirm its sovereignty and build a more transparent, democratic state. The only way Ukraine could achieve this goal was by pivoting to the West. In response, Moscow has not only attempted to undermine the Ukrainian state; it has made antagonism to Ukraine its basis for consolidating Russian society. While Western leaders have been looking for ways to enable Vladimir Put…
Where Is Russia Headed? Toward Stability or Crisis
Where Is Russia Headed?Toward Stability or Crisis? Lilia Shevtsova (bio) and Scott A. Bruckner (bio) It is undeniable that many aspects of Russian political life have changed since the Soviet Union was dismantled. During the past five years, a Russian president and legislature have been popularly, and unproblematically, elected. More significantly, a program of political liberalization has been so successfully—albeit perhaps not intentionally—sus…
America, Russia and Europe: A realignment
Russia’s Political System: Imperialism and Decay
Post-communist Russia: A Historic Opportunity Missed
Journal Article Post-communist Russia: a historic opportunity missed Get access LILIA SHEVTSOVA LILIA SHEVTSOVA 1Senior Associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Carnegie Moscow Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 83, Issue 5, September 2007, Pages 891–912, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00661.x Published: 01 October 2007
Yeltsin's Russia: Myths and Reality
Paradoxes of Decline
The Russian system of personalized power is growing ever more dependent on the same strategies that proved useless in sustaining the USSR. While the system still has the potential to limp along, its survival tactics render the it progressively more dysfunctional. Among the circumstances weighing against the system’s survival are the unintended yet logical consequences of the regime’s own strategies for monopolizing power and resources. While ther…
Twenty Years of Postcommunism: What's the Matter with Russia
Twenty Years of PostcommunismWhat's the Matter with Russia? Lilia Shevtsova (bio) Postcommunist states have taken shape differently depending on the development paths chosen by the elites of the former communist countries. The Central and East European states have restructured themselves with liberal democracy as their foundation. By contrast, Russia and most of the newly independent states on former Soviet territory have reverted to various form…
Part I: Central and Eastern Europe: The Twin Specters of Mass Unwanted Migration and Mass Involuntary Migration: Post-Soviet Emigration Today and Tomorrow
This article deals with the problems of post-Soviet emigration. The author tries to answer the question: What will the post-Soviet emigration “curve” look like within the next few years. Its peak appears most likely to be reached in 1993 to 1994, when the number of departures may go up to 1–1.5 million people a year. This may happen if the present unfavorable socioeconomic conditions and instability continue to exist and if technical problems rel…
Post-Soviet Emigration Today and Tomorrow
Trends in migration from the former Soviet Union are examined in light of recent political changes there. The author projects that "the number of departures may go up to 1-1.5 million people a year. This may happen if the present unfavorable socioeconomic conditions and instability continue to exist and if technical problems related to exit arrangements are solved. Once the situation normalizes first and foremost in Russia, the scope of emigratio…
The August coup and the Soviet collapse
Post-Soviet Emigration: Today and Tomorrow
Russia Facing New Choices
Russia's Election: No Turning Back
Dilemmas of Post-Communist Russia
Boris Yeltsin: From Dawn to Sunset Boris Yeltsin, of Rassvieta Do Zakata
Where Is Russia Headed? Toward Stability or Crisis
Where Is Russia Headed?Toward Stability or Crisis? Lilia Shevtsova (bio) and Scott A. Bruckner (bio) It is undeniable that many aspects of Russian political life have changed since the Soviet Union was dismantled. During the past five years, a Russian president and legislature have been popularly, and unproblematically, elected. More significantly, a program of political liberalization has been so successfully—albeit perhaps not intentionally—sus…
Yeltsin's Russia: Myths and Reality
Yeltsin and the Evolution of Electoral Monarchy in Russia
Yeltsin's revolutionary rhetoric helped him create the appearance of a complete break with the past, but that break was never as clean as was imagined at first, nor could it have been. Yeltsin's destruction of the Soviet state looks less like a revolution than a palace coup
Ten Years After the Soviet Breakup: Russia's Hybrid Regime
Ten years after the Soviet Union broke up into 15 independent states, it is possible to form some preliminary conclusions regarding the challenges and problems faced by these transitional societies. First of all, despite their common Soviet roots, their paths of post-Soviet development are becoming ever more divergent--evidence that there are more influences at work than just the legacy of the USSR
America, Russia and Europe: A realignment
Putin's Russia
revised edition includes and examination of the recent presidential and parliamentary elections and their effects on Putin's leadership and Russia. Praise for the previous edition: Out of her blunt, often acerbic, account come shrewd insights into Putin's transformation from an implausible, contrived successor into a dominator unchallenged by oligarchs, legislators, or regional bosses, let alone a democratic opposition. --Foreign Affairs Shevtsov…
Russia's Peripheral Liberalism
Russian Democracy in Eclipse: The Limits of Bureaucratic Authoritarianism
After a decade of revolutionary changes Russia is returning back toward traditionalism. Vladimir Putin is trying to modernize Russia through forming bureaucratic authoritarian regime. But his authoritarianism is weak being constrained first of all by apparatus, the major gravedigger of all Russian reforms. Russian stability is fragile being based on the presidential ratings and lack of alternative. Russiaâ s economic growth is hardly sustainable …
Russia's Ersatz Democracy
What will it take for Russia's political class and society to realize that the current paradigm of development leads to a dead end
Post-communist Russia: A Historic Opportunity Missed
Journal Article Post-communist Russia: a historic opportunity missed Get access LILIA SHEVTSOVA LILIA SHEVTSOVA 1Senior Associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Carnegie Moscow Center Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Affairs, Volume 83, Issue 5, September 2007, Pages 891–912, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2007.00661.x Published: 01 October 2007
Reading Russia: The Return of Personalized Power
Reading RussiaThe Return of Personalized Power Lilia Shevtsova (bio) Russia today serves as evidence of Francis Fukuyama's assertion that there are "few alternative institutional arrangements that elicit any enthusiasm" aside from liberal democracy—or at least the appearance of it.1 The Russian elite has followed in the footsteps of other post-totalitarian regimes, which, as Larry Diamond writes, "have felt unprecedented pressure (international a…
La Russie et l'Occident: Pour Y Voir Clair
Putin's Russia
Medvedev's Potemkin Modernization
The Russian system today has only two ideas: national egotism and personal enrichment. But Russians are beginning to ask: Is our might a delusion? And who is going to make us rich, and how
Twenty Years of Postcommunism: What's the Matter with Russia
Twenty Years of PostcommunismWhat's the Matter with Russia? Lilia Shevtsova (bio) Postcommunist states have taken shape differently depending on the development paths chosen by the elites of the former communist countries. The Central and East European states have restructured themselves with liberal democracy as their foundation. By contrast, Russia and most of the newly independent states on former Soviet territory have reverted to various form…
The Next Russian Revolution
With an elite that seeks only to protect its own interests, and without any alternative force in society, crisis is the only thing capable of stirring the swamp
Russia under Putin: Titanic looking for its iceberg
December 2011 protests in Russia, the largest after the collapse of the Soviet Union, shattered the status quo that had taken shape over the last decade and signaled that Russia is entering turbulent waters. Russia found itself caught in a trap: the 2011–2012 elections perpetuate a personalized power system that became the source of decay. The top-down rule and its “personificator” – Vladimir Putin – are already rejected by the most dynamic and e…
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