Karen Dawisha

Karen Dawisha (December 2, 1949 – April 11, 2018) was an American political scientist and writer. She is a former professor in the Department of Political Science at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is also a former director of The Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies. She received her Ph.D. from a leading globalist academic institution, the London School of Economics.

Books

• Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (September 22, 2015)

• The International Politics of Eurasia: Volume 4: The Making of Foreign Policy in Russia and the New States of Eurasia 1st Edition by Karen Dawisha and S. Frederick Starr, Routledge; 1st edition (May 20, 2015)

• Democratic Changes and Authoritarian Reactions in Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova (Democratization and Authoritarianism in Post-Communist Societies, Series Number 3) First Edition by Karen Dawisha (Editor), Bruce Parrott (Editor), Cambridge University Press; First Edition (June 13, 1997)

• The End of Empire? Comparative Perspectives on the Soviet Collapse (INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF EURASIA) by Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott, M.E. Sharpe (November 30, 1996)

• The International Politics of Eurasia: Vol 7: Political Culture and Civil Society in Russia and the New States of Eurasia (The International Politics of Eurasia, V. 7) by Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott, Routledge; 2nd edition (October 31, 1995)

• The International Politics of Eurasia: v. 2: The Influence of National Identity 1st Edition by Karen Dawisha and S. Frederick Starr, Routledge; 1st edition (September 30, 1994)

• Russia and the New States of Eurasia: The Politics of Upheaval by Karen Dawisha, Cambridge University Press (January 28, 1994)

• The Kremlin and the Prague Spring (International Crisis Behavior, Vol 4), University of California Pr (January 1, 1984)

• The Soviet Union in the Middle East: Policies and perspectives by Adeed Dawisha and Karen Dawisha (editor), Published by Heinemann for the Royal Institute of International Affairs (January 1, 1982)

• The International Politics of Eurasia: v. 10: The International Dimension of Post-communist Transitions in Russia and the New States of Eurasia by Karen Dawisha and S. Frederick Starr, Routledge (March 31, 1997)

• THE END OF EMPIRE? THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE USSR IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE [INTERNATIONAL POLITICS OF EURASIA, VOLUME 9] by Karen Dawisha and Bruce Parrott, M.E. Sharpe (January 1, 1997)

Videos: Karen Dawish speaks on her book: Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?

• Is Putin’s Russia a Kleptocracy? And if so, so what?, A presentation by Karen Dawisha on her book "Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia" on May 1, 2015 at Stanford University

• Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, Tales of corruption in Russia are nothing new. But in her new book, “Putin’s Kleptocracy,” Karen Dawisha connects the dots between government and private sector corruption and Vladimir Putin’s rapid rise to power, leading to the question, who owns Russia?

• Putin's Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, 2015,

External links

• Havighurst Center for Russian and Post-Soviet Studies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.