My book, The Political Power of Bad Ideas: Networks, Institutions, and the Global Prohibition Wave, is now in production at Oxford University Press, and is due to be released in February 2010. The cover design was graciously provided by the good folks at D-Line Design.Bad_Ideas.htmlBad_Ideas.htmlBad_Ideas.htmlhttp://oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/InternationalStudies/InternationalOrganizations/?view=usa&ci=9780195391237http://oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/InternationalStudies/InternationalOrganizations/?view=usa&ci=9780195391237http://www.dlinedesign.comshapeimage_2_link_0shapeimage_2_link_1shapeimage_2_link_2shapeimage_2_link_3shapeimage_2_link_4shapeimage_2_link_5
 

Welcome to my homepage. Here you will find information on my teaching and research interests, interspersed with the works of the avant-garde Russian painter, Mikhail Vrubel’ (1856-1910).

 
Update: I have recently launched www.vodkapolitics.com to provide complete coverage and analysis of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev’s new anti-alcohol initiative, launched in the fall of 2009. Also, the book manuscript for Vodka Politics: Autocracy and Alcohol in Russia is now under contract with Oxford University Press.http://www.vodkapolitics.comVodka_Politics.htmlhttp://oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Politics/InternationalStudies/InternationalOrganizations/?view=usa&ci=9780195391237shapeimage_5_link_0shapeimage_5_link_1shapeimage_5_link_2