AP Comparative Government & Politics with Daniel Lazar Daniel Lazar

In commemoration of Russia's 1994 New Year's Eve assault on Chechnya (28 years ago today), this episode explores the Chechen struggle for independence in the 1990's, how Yeltsin failed, and how Putin's weaponized Chechnya to bolster his legitimacy.

This talk explores Russian political culture, political participation, and civil society.

This talk explores how and why Yeltsin and the rest of the world failed to see the revolutionary situation in which Russia found itself in the 1990's and how Putin capitalized on that chaos.

What does the upper house of Parliament do and what should be done about this esteemed, if sometimes anachronistic legislative body?

This talk seeks to summarize and sometimes analyze the functions of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches in the UK.

This is a short reflection on structural analysis and systems thinking based rather loosely on the academic work of David Easton and Gabriel Almond.