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Lena Surzhko Harned

Lena Surzhko Harned

Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science, Penn State
Dr. Lena Surzhko Harned is an Assistant Teaching Professor of Political Science and a Senior Policy Analyst at the Public Policy Fund at Penn State University, Behrend College.

Her primary research interests are in the field of comparative politics, political behavior, European politics, and politics of the post-Soviet space. Her co-authored book "Post-Soviet Legacies and Conflicting Values in Europe: Generation Why?" was published by Lexington Books Russian, Eurasian, and European Politics Series in December 2017 and examines the inter-generational conflict and its consequences in post-Soviet Ukraine and Russia.

Dr. Surzhko Harned holds an MA and a PhD from University of Pittsburgh.

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In Kazakhstan, Russia follows a playbook it developed in Ukraine

Jan 10, 2022 13:54 pm UTC| Politics

Add Kazakhstan to the list of former Soviet republics whose independence is now being threatened by Russia. Russian leader Vladimir Putin is using a similar playbook in Kazakhstan to one that he has used over almost a...

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