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SUMMARY:The Electoral Effects of Decentralization: Evidence from Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:Elliott School of International Affairs| Virtual Event  \nDescription: The Electoral Effects of Decentralization: Evidence from Ukraine How do institutional reforms affect voter mobilization in weakly-institutionalized democracies? Dr. Anastasiia Vlasenko examines the effect of decentralization on turnout and candidate diversity in local elections in Ukraine in 2015-2020. In 2014\, the government of Ukraine initiated decentralization reform which allowed territorial communities to gain wider administrative\, financial\, and fiscal independence. Difference-in-differences estimates show that decentralization increased turnout and decreased the percentage of successful candidates with higher education and party affiliation. These effects can be explained by the increased interest in local politics and easier access to candidacy due to improved salience of local politics and communities’ relative independence from central authorities. Thus\, even under weak democratic institutions\, decentralization can have an immediate effect on voter mobilization through increased perception of local elections as ‘meaningful’ and\, thus\, worth time and effort. \nAnastasiia Vlasenko is a HURI Research Fellow at the Harvard’s Ukrainian Research Institute\, a visiting professor at Kyiv School of Economics\, and a postdoctoral fellow at the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. She studies legislative politics and democratization with specialization in politics of Ukraine. Her monograph project\, ‘The Electoral Effects of Decentralization: Evidence from Ukraine’ investigates how decentralization reform affects electoral mobilization and diversity in a weakly institutionalized democracy. Vlasenko is particularly interested in transitional period reforms\, propaganda\, legislative politics\, and forecasting. Her research has been published in the Journal of Politics. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Political Science at Florida State University in 2022\, M.A. in Political Science from Florida State University in 2018\, M.A. in International Relations from New York University in 2016\, and M.Sc. in European Affairs from Lund University in 2013\, and B.A. in Political Science from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in 2011. In 2020-2021\, she worked at the Hertie School in Berlin as a visiting researcher. In 2014-2016\, Vlasenko was a Fulbright scholar at New York University. \nThe registration link can be found below. 
URL:https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/event/the-electoral-effects-of-decentralization-evidence-from-ukraine/
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SUMMARY:Soldiers of Democracy? Military Legacies and the Arab Spring
DESCRIPTION:Elliott School of International Affairs| Virtual Event  \nDescription: The Middle East Policy Forum at the Elliott School of International Affairs will host this conversation on how the militaries in Tunisia and Egypt acted during and after the 2011 uprisings in those two countries. Dr. Sharan Grewal\, author of Soldiers of Democracy? Military Legacies and the Arab Spring\, will highlight how dictators’ choices to either empower or marginalize the military creates legacies that shape both the likelihood of democratization and the forms by which it breaks down. Dr. Grewal will discuss his new book with Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Affairs Gordon Gray\, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Tunisia at the start of the Arab Spring. \nThe registration link can be found below. 
URL:https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/event/soldiers-of-democracy-military-legacies-and-the-arab-spring/
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SUMMARY:WWI Series Part I: Flirting with Danger with Janet Wallach
DESCRIPTION:The International Spy Museum | Virtual Event \nDescription: Join us for a two-part look at World War I-era intelligence and operatives. As modern American intelligence took shape and intelligence personnel became essential to any senior wartime commander\, the traditional spy in the shadows thrived as well. Marguerite Harrison was just such a spy. \nThis evening Janet Wallach author of Flirting with Danger: The Mysterious Life of Marguerite Harrison\, Socialite Spy will introduce you to this daring and glamorous woman who became a US spy and Russian double agent. Dining with aristocrats and dancing with socialists late into the night\, she watched as alarming signs emerged from a broken Germany in the aftermath of World War I. Harrison saw the future in both places – a second war with Germany\, a cold war with the Soviets – but was little believed back home. Wallach has written extensively about notable women in history\, and she brings to life this courageous woman who was drawn to danger and adventure. After Wallach’s presentation and a brief interview by Amanda Ohlke\, Director of Adult Education at the International Spy Museum\, we’ll turn to your questions about this turbulent period and extraordinary individual! \nSupport for this program has been provided by a generous grant from the Pritzker Military Foundation\, on behalf of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library. \nThe registration link can be found below. 
URL:https://haydencenter.gmu.edu/event/wwi-series-part-i-flirting-with-danger-with-janet-wallach/
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