Policy-Connect Collaborative Research Grants

Grant Recipients 2007-8

Collaborators: Mark Basin (Senior Associate, State University of New York); Paula Pickering (Assistant Professor, College of William and Mary)
Countries of Research: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia
Funder: US Department of State Title VIII Program
Research Topic: Into the Weeds: Obstacles to Good Government in the Balkans

Collaborators: Keith Brown (Associate Professor, Watson Institute, Brown University); Paul Nuti (Director, External, International & Government Relations, American Anthropological Association)
Country of Research: Macedonia
Funder: US Department of State Title VIII Program
Research Topic: From Idea to Impact: Studying Through a US Civil Society Program in Macedonia

Collaborators: Matthew Evangelista (Professor, Cornell University); Mark Kramer (Senior Fellow, Davis Center and Director, Cold War Studies Center)
Countries of Research: Bosnia-Hertzegovina, Croatia, Russia, Serbia
Funder: US Department of State Title VIII Program
Research Topic: Human Rights at War: A Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of the Geneva Conventions

Collaborators: Cynthia Kaplan (Professor, University of California-Santa Barbara); Henry Brady (Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director of Survey Research Center, University of California-Berkeley)
Country of Research: Russia
Funder: US Department of State Title VIII Program
Research Topic: Ethnic and Religious Identity Among Tartars and Russians: Political Implications

Collaborators: Vojtech Mastny (Senior Fellow, National Security Archive, George Washington University); Surgit Mansingh (Adjunct Professor, American University); Svetlana Savranskaya (Director of Russia Programs, National Security Archive, George Washington University)
Countries of Research: Bulgaria, India, Romania, Russia
Funder: John J. and Nancy Lee Roberts
Research Topic: The Legacy of Soviet Bloc-India Relations and US-Indian Strategic Partnership