Aleksandar Matovski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School and an Associate at the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies at Harvard University. His research focuses on the impact of domestic politics on the durability and strategic behavior of authoritarian regimes, with a regional emphasis on Europe and the former Soviet Union. Matovski holds a Ph.D. and M.A. in Government from Cornell University, M.A. in War Studies from King’s College London and B.A. in Law from Saints Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje. Prior to his academic career, he was National Security Advisor in the Government of North Macedonia and Political and Military Advisor in the North Macedonian Ministry of Defense, as well as a Research Director in the Forum Center for Strategic Research and Documentation in Skopje, North Macedonia.
SELECT PUBLICATIONS:
- “How Putin’s Regime Survivalism Drives Russian Aggression,” The Washington Quarterly, Vol. 46, Issue. 2, 2023.
- Popular Dictatorships: Crises, Mass Opinion and the Rise of Electoral Authoritarianism. Cambridge [UK] and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021.
- “Strategic Intelligence and International Crisis Behavior.” Security Studies, Vol.29, Issue 5, Dec. 2020.
- “The Logic of Vladimir Putin’s Popular Appeal.” In Bunce, Valerie; Karrie Koesel and Jessica Chen Weiss. Citizens & the State in Authoritarian Regimes: Comparing Russia & China. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020, pp. 217-249
- “It’s the Stability, Stupid! How the Quest to Restore Order After the Soviet Collapse Shaped Russian Popular Opinion.” Comparative Politics. Vol. 50, No.2. 2018.