Peter C. Ordeshook is professor of political science at the California Institute of Technology and has published widely in the areas of political theory, international relations, and Russian politics.
In October 2012, Georgia’s government lost power in an election, and peacefully stepped aside. But can a country with Georgia’s troubled history capitalize on this surprising achievement?
The regime of Vladimir Putin has been a key driver of the crisis in Ukraine. Under challenge at home for several years now, it turned to Ukraine in part to firm up…