Meet the US’s new Ambassador to Russia (and political science’s own!) Michael McFaul:

The response of the Russian authorities? Not nearly as welcoming…

Joshua Tucker is a professor of politics at New York University with an affiliate appointment in the Department of Russian and Slavic Studies and New York University-Abu Dhabi. His major field is comparative politics with an emphasis on mass politics, including elections and voting, the development of partisan attachment, public-opinion formation, and political protest.