Irina Busygina

Areas of Expertise

Irina Busygina worked as Professor of Comparative Politics at the Department of Political Science and International Relations (Higher School of Economics at Saint Petersburg, Russia). Her research interests include comparative federalism and regionalization, Russian domestic and foreign policy, Russia-EU relations. Her latest publications include “Russia, Post-Soviet Integration, and the EAEU: The Balance between Domination and Cooperation”, Problems of Post-Communism, 2020. Published online September 1; Russian Federalism: Informal Elite Games Against Formal Democratic Institutions. PONARS Memo, N 656, June, 2020; Russia-EU Relations and the Common Neighborhood: Coercion Versus Authority. UK: Routledge, 2018.

My Events:

Regional Governance and Center-Region Relations in Russia

Tuesday, May 2, 2023
4 to 5:30pm EDT

In person

Davis Center visiting scholars Irina Busygina and Andrey Yakovlev discuss developments in the quality of Russian regional governance, Moscow's policies toward the regions and regional responses.

Recording Available

Irina Busygina

Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Independent Researcher

Andrei Yakovlev

Independent Researcher

Thomas Remington

Visiting Professor of Government, Harvard University

A Year of War: How Resilient is the Putin Regime?

Tuesday, March 7, 2023
4 to 5:30pm EST

In person

Online

It has been one year since the beginning of Russian aggression in Ukraine. Despite the war and unprecedented sanctions Russia has demonstrated a (relatively) high level of authoritarian resilience. What are the sources of such resilience, and how sustainable are current trends? Are the effects of sanctions cumulative? What have we learned about the Russian system? In this panel discussion, we will address questions regarding the dynamics of elite politics, center-regional relations, Russian business, and public attitudes in Russia.

Timothy Colton

Morris and Anna Feldberg Professor of Government and Russian Studies, Harvard University

Thomas Remington

Visiting Professor of Government, Harvard University

Irina Busygina

Visiting Scholar, Davis Center; Independent Researcher

Andrei Yakovlev

Independent Researcher

Alexandra Vacroux

Executive Director, Davis Center

Ukraine flag in the fray cracking background

The War in Ukraine: Context for the K-14 Classroom

Friday, October 21, 2022
8:30am to 4:30pm EDT

In person

The war in Ukraine is has and will continue to have a global impact. This workshop will help teachers bring new understanding of the conflict to their students.