Nicolai N. Petro, professor of politics
Download my papers at my author’s page on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN.com). Older items can be found on my GoogleScholar page.

"Russia’s Solution to the Global Financial Crisis," The Whitehead Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations, co-authored with Oleksandr Kovriga, vol. 12, No. 2 (Summer/Fall 2011), pp. 31-46.

"Russian Foreign Policy, 2000-2011: From Nation-State to Global Risk Sharing," Portal on Central, Eastern, and Balkan Europe at the University of Bologna, Papers Series, No. 12 (July 2011). ISSN: 2038-632X.

"The Origin and Role of Human Rights in U.S. Foreign Policy," Problems of Theory and Management (Moscow), April 2011.

"Is Ideological Competition in Europe Necessary?" e-International Relations, January 28, 2011.

“Reversing Field: A Ukraine-Russia Relationship the West Can Support," The American Interest vol. 6, No. 2 (November-December 2010), pp. 37-42.

“Four Actors in Search of Security in Eurasia,” Журнал Сибирского федерального университета [Journal of the Siberian Federal University] vol 4, No. 3 (2010), pp. 610-614.

“The Cultural Basis of European Security Analysis and Implication for Ukraine,” Соціальна економіка, No.1 (2009), pp. 35-41.

“The Bear Trap: Russia and the West After the Crisis in Georgia,” Global Dialogue, vol. 11, (August 2009).


"The Legal Case for Russian Intervention in Georgia," Fordham International Law Journal, vol. 32, Issue 5 (May 2009), pp. 1524-1549.

“The Great Transformation: How the Putin Plan Altered Russian Society,” ISPI Policy Brief #132 (Istituto per gli Studi di Politica Internazionale) May 2009.

"The Novgorod Model: Creating a European Past in Russia," in John J. Czaplicka et al. eds,  Cities after the Fall of Communism: Reshaping Cultural Landscapes and European Identity. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009, pp. 53-74.

"Russian Foreign Policy in an Age of Multipolarity," Eurasia Critic (December  2008), pp.16-24.

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Crisis in the Caucasus: A Unified Timeline, August 7-16, 2008"  originally compiled on August 28, 2008.  (PDF file)

"The Putin Generation: How Will its Rise Affect US-Russian Relations?" Harvard International Review (Summer 2008), pp. 22-26.  (PDF file)

"A Tale of Two Regions: Novgorod and Pskov as Models of Symbolic Development," The Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 35, Issue 6 (December 2006), pp.946-58.

"Our Man in Moscow," The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs, co-authored with Alexander Rahr, vol. 29, No. 2 (Summer 2005), pp. 5-12.

A Russian Model of Development: What Novgorod Can Teach the West,” in Christopher Marsh and Nikolas Gvosdev eds., Civil Society and the Search for Justice in Russia. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2002, pp. 41-53. (PDF file)

“Regional Democratization in Russia: Some Lessons from Novgorod,” in Cameron Ross ed., Regional Politics in Russia. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2002, pp. 120-134. (PDF file)

"Creating Social Capital in Russia: The Novgorod Model," World Development, vol. 29, No. 2 (February 2001), pp. 229-244.  (auf Deutsch)  (Magyar)

“’Cultural Entrepreneurship’ and the Politics of Identity” (co-authored with Lawrence Robertson and Marjorie M. Balzer), in Nancy Popson and Blair Ruble eds., Fragmented Space: Center and Region in the Russian Federation. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001, pp. 219-273.  (PDF file)

"Russia's Search For New Ideals," Twenty-first Aspen Institute conference on U.S. Relations with Russia, August 18-22, 1997, in Dresden, Germany.  (PDF file)

The Legacy of Containment: Reshaping U.S. Foreign Policy Toward Russia,” Harvard International Review (Fall 1997), pp. 38-39; 62-64.  (PDF file)