麻豆国产AV

David Rivera earned his A.B. in Russian and Soviet Studies from Harvard and his Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. His teaching and research interests include both international relations and comparative politics, with special interests in the international politics of Eurasia, post-communist democratization, and the composition of the Russian elite. From 1994-1996 Rivera served as director of the Harvard Russian Institute of International Affairs in Moscow. He has authored or co-authored articles in Problems of Post-Communism, Perspectives on Politics, Political Science Quarterly, Post-Soviet Affairs, Politicheskie issledovaniya [Political Research], Mir i Politika [The World and Politics], Obozrevatel’-Observer, and Sotsial’no-gumanitarnyi znaniya.

Recent Courses Taught

International Relations
Russia and the World
International Security
Transitions to Democracy

Selected Publications

• “,” Russian Politics 4, No. 4 (2019): 499-519. With Sharon Werning Rivera.
• “” Problems of Post-Communism, Vol. 65, No. 4 (2018), pp. 221-232. With Sharon Werning Rivera.
• “.” Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 30, No. 1 (2014). With Sharon Werning Rivera.
• “” Perspectives on Politics, Vol. 7, No. 3 (September 2009), pp. 591-610. With Sharon Werning Rivera. (Copyright Cambridge University Press.)
• “” Post-Soviet Affairs, Vol. 22, No. 2 (April-June 2006), pp. 125-144. With Sharon Werning Rivera.
• “,” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 118, No. 1 (Spring 2003), pp. 81-106.

Working Papers

National Media

• “,” Syracuse Post-Standard, September 8, 2022. With Sharon Werning Rivera.
• “,” Medium.org, November 16, 2016. With Sharon Werning Rivera.
• “” Medium.org, October 13, 2016.

Appointed to the Faculty

2016

Educational Background

Ph.D., University of Michigan
M.A., University of Michigan
A.B., Harvard University