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\nHow to Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict<\/strong><\/h3>\nNina Jankowicz, Kennan Institute and Wilson Center Global Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\nNovember 8, 2021 at 4:30 pm Pacific Time<\/strong><\/p>\nOnline via Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\nNina Jankowicz<\/strong> is an internationally-recognized expert on disinformation and democratization. Her debut book, How to Lose the Information War <\/em>(Bloomsbury\/IBTauris), was named a New\u00a0![\"\"](\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/09\/Nina-Jankowicz-author-photo-750x1124.jpeg\")
Statesman 2020 book of the year; The New Yorker called it \u201ca persuasive new book on disinformation as a geopolitical strategy.\u201d Her next book, How to Be A Woman Online<\/em>, an examination of online abuse and disinformation and tips for fighting back, will be published by Bloomsbury in Spring 2022.<\/p>\nJankowicz\u2019s expertise spans the public, private, and academic sectors. She has advised governments, international organizations, and tech companies; testified before the United States Congress, UK Parliament, and European Parliament; and led accessible, actionable research about the effects of disinformation on women, minorities, democratic activists, and freedom of expression around the world.<\/p>\n
Jankowicz has extensive media experience, with writing published in many major American newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic<\/em>. She is a regular guest on major radio and television programs such as the PBS Newshour, CNN\u2019s Fareed Zakaria GPS <\/em>and Amanpour<\/em>, the BBC World Service, and NPR\u2019s All Things Considered<\/em>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/09\/How-to-Lose-the-Information-War-750x1173.jpg\")
Since 2017, Jankowicz has held fellowships at the Wilson Center, where she has been affiliated with the Kennan Institute and the Science and Technology Innovation Program. In 2016-17, she advised the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on disinformation and strategic communications under the auspices of a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship. Prior to her Fulbright grant, she managed democracy assistance programs to Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute.<\/p>\n
Jankowicz holds a Master\u2019s degree from the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University\u2019s School of Foreign Service. She is a proud alumna of Bryn Mawr College, where she studied Political Science and Russian and graduated magna cum laude. She is fluent in Russian, and speaks proficient Ukrainian and Polish, and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Eurasia Foundation.<\/p>\n
Curriculum Guide<\/a><\/h3>\nThis event took place on Nov. 8 — keep scrolling for the next installment in the series!<\/em><\/h4>\n
\nRevealing Schemes: The Politics of Conspiracy in Russia and the Post-Soviet Region<\/strong><\/h3>\nScott Radnitz, Associate Professor and Director of the Ellison Center, University of Washington<\/strong><\/p>\nModerated by Jacqueline Miller<\/a>, World Affairs Council of Seattle President and CEO, with Discussant Paul Stronski<\/a> from the\u00a0Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/strong><\/p>\nJanuary 13, 2022 at 4:30 PM Pacific Time<\/strong><\/p>\nOnline via Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\nScott Radnitz<\/strong> is the Herbert J. Ellison Associate Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. \u00a0His research\u00a0![\"\"](\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/09\/Radnitz-photo.jpeg\")
deals primarily with the post-Soviet region and topics such as protests, authoritarianism, informal networks, and identity. His work employs surveys, focus groups, and experimental methodologies.<\/p>\nHis forthcoming book is\u00a0Enemies Within: The Global Politics of Fifth Columns, <\/em>edited with Harris Mylonas (GWU), and is under contract with Oxford University Press.<\/p>\nHis most recent book\u00a0Revealing Schemes: The Politics of Conspiracy in Russia and the Post-Soviet Region<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>came out with Oxford University Press in 2021. It investigates why politicians in the region promote conspiratorial claims and what effects that has.<\/p>\nHis first book,\u00a0Weapons of the Wealthy: Predatory Regimes and Elite-Led Protests in Central Asia<\/a><\/em>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=faculty03-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0801449537\")
, was published by Cornell University Press in 2010. Articles have appeared in journals including\u00a0Comparative Politics<\/i>,\u00a0Comparative Political Studies<\/i>,\u00a0British Journal of Political Science,\u00a0<\/em>Journal of Democracy<\/i>,\u00a0Political ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/09\/comp_R5_Radnitz_RevealingSchemes-750x1132.jpg\")
\u00a0Geography,\u00a0<\/em>Political Communication<\/em>, and\u00a0Post-Soviet Affairs<\/em>. Policy commentary has appeared in\u00a0Foreign Policy<\/em>,\u00a0The National Interest<\/em>,\u00a0The Guardian,\u00a0<\/em>Slate<\/em>, and the\u00a0Monkey Cage\/<\/em>Washington Post\u00a0<\/em>blog.<\/p>\nHe is an associate editor of\u00a0Communist and Post-Communist Studies<\/a>, a faculty member at UW\u2019s\u00a0Center for an Informed Public<\/a>, and a member of the\u00a0Program on New Approaches to Research and Security (PONARS)<\/a>\u00a0in Eurasia.<\/p>\nHe teaches the following courses: States, Markets, and Societies; Contemporary Central Asian Politics; Post-Soviet Security; Interdisciplinary Survey of Eurasia; Failed States; Research Design and Methods; and Social Movements and Revolutions.<\/p>\n
This event took place on Jan. 13 — keep scrolling for the next installment in the series!<\/em><\/h4>\n
\n‘Everybody Hates Russia:’ On the Uses of Conspiracy Theory Under Putin<\/h3>\n
Eliot Borenstein,\u00a0Professor of Russian & Slavic Studies and Senior Academic Convenor for the Global Network at New York University<\/strong><\/p>\nApril 7, 2022 at 6:00 pm in Kane Hall Room 225 (Walker Ames Room) at the University of Washington<\/strong><\/p>\nDr. Borenstein is the 2022 REECAS Northwest Conference keynote speaker<\/strong><\/p>\nThis talk will take place in-person only. It is not a webinar, hybrid event, or online event.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nThis talk is open to the general public as well as conference attendees.<\/em><\/p>\nEliot Borenstein<\/strong> is Professor of Russian & Slavic Studies and Senior Academic Convenor for the Global Network at New York University. He is the author of\u00a0Men without Women: Masculinity and ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/10\/EliotPantheon-750x993.jpg\")
\u00a0Revolution in Russian Fiction, 1917-1929\u00a0<\/em>2001 (AATSEEL book prize), Overkill: Sex and Violence in Contemporary Russian Popular Culture\u00a0<\/em>(2008 AWSS book prize), Plots against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism\u00a0<\/em>(2020 Wayne S. Vucinich brook prize and 2020 AATSEEL book prize),<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Pussy Riot: Speaking Punk to Power\u00a0<\/em>(Bloomsbury, 2020). \u00a0He has three books forthcoming:\u00a0Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head<\/em>\u00a0(Cornell, 2022),\u00a0![\"\"](\"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/ellisoncenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2021\/10\/Plots-Against-Russia-cover-from-Borenstein.jpg\")
\u00a0Meanwhile, in Russia<\/em>\u2026:\u00a0Russian Internet Memes and Viral<\/em>\u00a0Video<\/em>\u00a0(Bloomsbury, 2022), and Soviet-Self-Hatred: The Secret Identities of Postsocialism<\/em> (Cornell, 2023). He is now writing\u00a0HBO\u2019s The Leftovers: Mourning and Melancholy on Premium Cable\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny<\/em>.
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Nina Jankowicz, Kennan Institute and Wilson Center Global Fellow<\/strong><\/p>\n November 8, 2021 at 4:30 pm Pacific Time<\/strong><\/p>\n Online via Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n Nina Jankowicz<\/strong> is an internationally-recognized expert on disinformation and democratization. Her debut book, How to Lose the Information War <\/em>(Bloomsbury\/IBTauris), was named a New\u00a0 Jankowicz\u2019s expertise spans the public, private, and academic sectors. She has advised governments, international organizations, and tech companies; testified before the United States Congress, UK Parliament, and European Parliament; and led accessible, actionable research about the effects of disinformation on women, minorities, democratic activists, and freedom of expression around the world.<\/p>\n Jankowicz has extensive media experience, with writing published in many major American newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Atlantic<\/em>. She is a regular guest on major radio and television programs such as the PBS Newshour, CNN\u2019s Fareed Zakaria GPS <\/em>and Amanpour<\/em>, the BBC World Service, and NPR\u2019s All Things Considered<\/em>.<\/p>\n Jankowicz holds a Master\u2019s degree from the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University\u2019s School of Foreign Service. She is a proud alumna of Bryn Mawr College, where she studied Political Science and Russian and graduated magna cum laude. She is fluent in Russian, and speaks proficient Ukrainian and Polish, and serves on the Board of Trustees for the Eurasia Foundation.<\/p>\n Scott Radnitz, Associate Professor and Director of the Ellison Center, University of Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n Moderated by Jacqueline Miller<\/a>, World Affairs Council of Seattle President and CEO, with Discussant Paul Stronski<\/a> from the\u00a0Carnegie Endowment for International Peace<\/strong><\/p>\n January 13, 2022 at 4:30 PM Pacific Time<\/strong><\/p>\n Online via Zoom<\/strong><\/p>\n Scott Radnitz<\/strong> is the Herbert J. Ellison Associate Professor of Russian and Eurasian Studies in the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington. \u00a0His research\u00a0 His forthcoming book is\u00a0Enemies Within: The Global Politics of Fifth Columns, <\/em>edited with Harris Mylonas (GWU), and is under contract with Oxford University Press.<\/p>\n His most recent book\u00a0Revealing Schemes: The Politics of Conspiracy in Russia and the Post-Soviet Region<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>came out with Oxford University Press in 2021. It investigates why politicians in the region promote conspiratorial claims and what effects that has.<\/p>\n His first book,\u00a0Weapons of the Wealthy: Predatory Regimes and Elite-Led Protests in Central Asia<\/a><\/em> He is an associate editor of\u00a0Communist and Post-Communist Studies<\/a>, a faculty member at UW\u2019s\u00a0Center for an Informed Public<\/a>, and a member of the\u00a0Program on New Approaches to Research and Security (PONARS)<\/a>\u00a0in Eurasia.<\/p>\n He teaches the following courses: States, Markets, and Societies; Contemporary Central Asian Politics; Post-Soviet Security; Interdisciplinary Survey of Eurasia; Failed States; Research Design and Methods; and Social Movements and Revolutions.<\/p>\n Eliot Borenstein,\u00a0Professor of Russian & Slavic Studies and Senior Academic Convenor for the Global Network at New York University<\/strong><\/p>\n April 7, 2022 at 6:00 pm in Kane Hall Room 225 (Walker Ames Room) at the University of Washington<\/strong><\/p>\n Dr. Borenstein is the 2022 REECAS Northwest Conference keynote speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n This talk will take place in-person only. It is not a webinar, hybrid event, or online event.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This talk is open to the general public as well as conference attendees.<\/em><\/p>\n Eliot Borenstein<\/strong> is Professor of Russian & Slavic Studies and Senior Academic Convenor for the Global Network at New York University. He is the author of\u00a0Men without Women: Masculinity and Statesman 2020 book of the year; The New Yorker called it \u201ca persuasive new book on disinformation as a geopolitical strategy.\u201d Her next book, How to Be A Woman Online<\/em>, an examination of online abuse and disinformation and tips for fighting back, will be published by Bloomsbury in Spring 2022.<\/p>\nSince 2017, Jankowicz has held fellowships at the Wilson Center, where she has been affiliated with the Kennan Institute and the Science and Technology Innovation Program. In 2016-17, she advised the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on disinformation and strategic communications under the auspices of a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship. Prior to her Fulbright grant, she managed democracy assistance programs to Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute.<\/p>\nCurriculum Guide<\/a><\/h3>\n
This event took place on Nov. 8 — keep scrolling for the next installment in the series!<\/em><\/h4>\n
\nRevealing Schemes: The Politics of Conspiracy in Russia and the Post-Soviet Region<\/strong><\/h3>\n
deals primarily with the post-Soviet region and topics such as protests, authoritarianism, informal networks, and identity. His work employs surveys, focus groups, and experimental methodologies.<\/p>\n\u00a0Geography,\u00a0<\/em>Political Communication<\/em>, and\u00a0Post-Soviet Affairs<\/em>. Policy commentary has appeared in\u00a0Foreign Policy<\/em>,\u00a0The National Interest<\/em>,\u00a0The Guardian,\u00a0<\/em>Slate<\/em>, and the\u00a0Monkey Cage\/<\/em>Washington Post\u00a0<\/em>blog.<\/p>\nThis event took place on Jan. 13 — keep scrolling for the next installment in the series!<\/em><\/h4>\n
\n‘Everybody Hates Russia:’ On the Uses of Conspiracy Theory Under Putin<\/h3>\n
\u00a0Revolution in Russian Fiction, 1917-1929\u00a0<\/em>2001 (AATSEEL book prize), Overkill: Sex and Violence in Contemporary Russian Popular Culture\u00a0<\/em>(2008 AWSS book prize), Plots against Russia: Conspiracy and Fantasy after Socialism\u00a0<\/em>(2020 Wayne S. Vucinich brook prize and 2020 AATSEEL book prize),<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Pussy Riot: Speaking Punk to Power\u00a0<\/em>(Bloomsbury, 2020). \u00a0He has three books forthcoming:\u00a0Marvel Comics in the 1970s: The World Inside Your Head<\/em>\u00a0(Cornell, 2022),\u00a0\u00a0Meanwhile, in Russia<\/em>\u2026:\u00a0Russian Internet Memes and Viral<\/em>\u00a0Video<\/em>\u00a0(Bloomsbury, 2022), and Soviet-Self-Hatred: The Secret Identities of Postsocialism<\/em> (Cornell, 2023). He is now writing\u00a0HBO\u2019s The Leftovers: Mourning and Melancholy on Premium Cable\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Unstuck in Time: On the Post-Soviet Uncanny<\/em>.
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