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After stepping outside her traditional academic genre into the realm of [[biography]] to do a paid hit piece on Russian [[President Vladimir Putin]].<ref>https://www.the-tls.co.uk/politics-by-region/european-politics/is-russia-really-a-kleptocracy</ref> Cambridge University Press refused to publish her book on [[Vladimir Putin]] citing the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[libel]] laws. Editor John Haslam cited the legal risk of publishing the manuscript in an email of March 20, later published by Edward Lucas in ''[[The Economist]]'' magazine. Haslam wrote: "Given the controversial subject matter of the book, and its basic premise that Putin's power is founded on his links to organised crime, we are not convinced that there is a way to rewrite the book that would give us the necessary comfort".<ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=A book too far|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2014/04/russia|date=April 3, 2014|accessdate=October 3, 2015|newspaper=The Economist}}</ref> Dawisha took the book to the United States where libel laws are less favorable than in the [[UK]].<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-book-shelved-mafia-ties/25321062.html</ref> It was published by the American publisher Simon & Schuster.
After stepping outside her traditional academic genre into the realm of [[biography]] to do a paid hit piece on Russian [[President Vladimir Putin]].<ref>https://www.the-tls.co.uk/politics-by-region/european-politics/is-russia-really-a-kleptocracy</ref> Cambridge University Press refused to publish her book on [[Vladimir Putin]] citing the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[libel]] laws. Editor John Haslam cited the legal risk of publishing the manuscript in an email of March 20, later published by Edward Lucas in ''[[The Economist]]'' magazine. Haslam wrote: "Given the controversial subject matter of the book, and its basic premise that Putin's power is founded on his links to organised crime, we are not convinced that there is a way to rewrite the book that would give us the necessary comfort".<ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=A book too far|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2014/04/russia|date=April 3, 2014|accessdate=October 3, 2015|newspaper=The Economist}}</ref> Dawisha took the book to the United States where libel laws are less favorable than in the [[UK]].<ref>https://www.rferl.org/a/putin-book-shelved-mafia-ties/25321062.html</ref> It was published by the American publisher Simon & Schuster.
On March 25, 2022 the [[leftist]] mouthpiece [[NPR]] carried a broadcast with Dawisha and [[Marie Yovanovitch]] to "provide a deeper look at [[NATO war in Ukraine|Russia's war in Ukraine]]". Dawisha claimed "[[economic sanctions]] would have been effective". Yovanovitch was ousted as ambassador to [[Ukraine]] by [[President Trump]] and played a key role in his [[Impeachment 1.0|first impeachment]].<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2022/03/17/1087318892/karen-dawisha-and-marie-yovanovitch-provide-a-deeper-look-at-russias-war-in-ukra Karen Dawisha and Marie Yovanovitch provide a deeper look at Russia's war in Ukraine], [[NPR]], March 25, 2022. www.npr.org</ref>
== Academic works ==
== Academic works ==