Samuelson has published two articles on contemporary Russian historians and their debates on how to come to terms with Russia's dramatic 20th century history.

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by Anders Olofsgård (and R. Desai), published in the Quarterly Journal of Political Science

Anders Olofsgård has written an op-ed on the current situation in North Africa and the Middle East, published by the Brookings Institution.

Lennart Samuelson has published a review essay in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet on two new monographs concerning the mystique that has surrounded the murder of Leningrad’s Communist Party Boss Sergei Kirov on 1 December 1934.

Emmanual Frot participated to a report by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). The report highlights the impact of the global financial crisis on financial flows to the water sector in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Torbjörn Becker has contributed to a new Blueprint from Bruegel where it is argued that although the development model in central and eastern Europe should not be scrapped, it needs reform, both at the national and EU level. 

Emmanuel Frot appears on VoxEU.org with a column presenting new evidence on the effects of elections on portfolio flows.

Jesper Roine appears in the Baltic Rim Economies with an article about the energy relationship between Russia and Belarus.

Lennart Samuelson appears in the Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet with an essay about Catherine Merridale's book "Ivan's war" and the everyday life of Red Army soldiers  during and after the second world war.