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Improving Energy Efficiency in Russia: Real Progress and Present Challenges (Research Brief) January 26, 2012 This research sought to determine how successful Russia’s energy efficiency policies and legislation have been to date, in terms of creating favorable conditions to support energy savings projects... Education, Research Support	Islamic Militancy and the Uighur of Kazakhstan (Research Brief) January 24, 2012 This research sought to examine the potential for the spread of Islamic militancy amongst the Uighur of Kazakhstan. Education, Research Support
The Social Process of Cultural Globalization (Research Brief) January 24, 2012 My research explored the dynamics of cultural globalization, by analyzing the attitudes and behaviors of young migrants who return from the US to Kazakhstan. Education, Research Support	Political Protest in Weak Societies and Weak States: Social Control in Post-Communist Russia (Research Brief) January 20, 2012 This project explores how sub-national factors influenced levels of protest in post-Soviet Russia during the turbulent decade of the 1990s. In the midst of rapid and often confusing and painful... Education, Research Support
Popular Responses to the United States in Post-WW II Soviet Union (Research Brief) January 6, 2012 By examining how Soviet citizens understood America during the Cold War era (1945-1980s) my project draws more informed conclusions on how they processed the conflicting official and unofficial... Education, Research Support	Women's Small-Scale Entrepreneurship in Food Processing: Tajikistan (Research Brief) December 13, 2011 My research focused on small-scale women entrepreneurs in several regions of Tajikistan with the objectives of analyzing the impact of their businesses on themselves, their households, and their... Education, Research Support
Is the Party Over? Limits and Opportunities of Civil Society in Armenia and Georgia (Research Brief) December 12, 2011 The goal of this research project was to examine the phenomenon of “color revolutions” and their correlations with civil society movements in Georgia and Armenia. Education, Research Support	Exporting Revolution: Why Do Some Eastern E.U. Democracies Support Democracy Abroad? (Research Brief) December 8, 2011 This study examines the democracy promotion efforts of new democracies – countries that used to be recipients of democracy assistance but have now become democracy promoters. The focus of this... Education, Research Support
Perceptions of Economic Inequality in Contemporary Central Asia (Research Brief) December 8, 2011 This Short-Term Travel Grant allowed me to travel to Kyrgyzstan in August of 2011 in order to lay the groundwork for the surveys that will be conducted in the summer of 2012 regarding inequality... Education, Research Support	Inter-Generational Transmission of Trauma in Croatia: Veterans' Families 20 Years After the Siege of Vukovar (Research Brief) December 6, 2011 The study was initiated in response to speculation about how much hatred and trauma from the Balkan wars of the 1990s is being passed on to the next post-war generation of children, potentially... Education, Research Support