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Isabel Post

Isabel Post is a U3 Political Science student with a double minor in Russian and Psychology. Having spent considerable time in the former Soviet Union, she is most interested in post-Communist political and economic transition in Eurasia, especially concerning ethnic minorities. In her free time, Isabel enjoys long bike rides, arts and crafts, and 90's sitcoms.

Lessons from Kazakhstan’s Election

Isabel Post Jun 28, 2019

When Nazarbayev stepped down earlier this year, observers wondered whether his abdication might mark a turn towards democratic rule in the country. This month's events show that this was hardly the case.
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Where There’s Smoke, There’s Fire: How the Skripal Attack Poisoned UK-Russia Relations

Isabel Post May 10, 2018

In early March, Sergei and Julia Skripal were found unconscious on a park bench in Salisbury. What looked to passers by like a pair nodding off after a night out were eventually recognized by a passing doctor and nurse to be victims of…
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Article 50: One Year Later

Isabel Post Mar 21, 2018

On Wednesday, March 29th, 2017, British Prime Minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty to officially trigger Brexit negotiations. On this date, May met her self-imposed deadline and fulfilled her promise that “Brexit…
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Politicized Memory: The Holocaust in Poland

Isabel Post Feb 16, 2018

In an increasingly far-right and nationalist Eastern Europe, Poland’s government is moving to revise and politicize the country’s history during the Holocaust. On February 7th, Polish president Andrzej Duda signed into effect a law …
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Water and Politics in Central Asia

Isabel Post Jan 9, 2018

"Water resources could become a problem in the future that could escalate tensions not only in our region, but on every continent,” former Uzbek president Islam Karimov famously told reporters in 2012. “I won’t name specific countries, but…
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#MeToo: Cementing the Legacy of a Viral Social Media Campaign

Isabel Post Nov 28, 2017

The “#MeToo” campaign, a “rallying cry” on social media that went viral in the wake of sexual abuse allegations against Harvey Weinstein, has grown into a global trend which has exposed and denounced perpetrators of sexual harassment and…
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Doublethink: While Puerto Rico Collapses, Trump Tweets Success

Isabel Post Oct 30, 2017

In the few days following Hurricane Maria’s catastrophic landfall in Puerto Rico, US news media were dominated by Trump’s comment, made that same weekend, that NFL players who take a knee should be fired. The destruction and devastation…
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The European Dream is Dead: Erdoğan Turns Turkey Away from the EU

Isabel Post Aug 1, 2017

“Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.” It’s a bit of cliché advice we’ve all heard before. Surprisingly enough, it comes to mind in major Turkish cities, where the flag of the European Union can be seen flying outside hotels,…
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Nine Years of Frozen Conflict: Opinions from the Former Georgian Ambassador to Russia

Isabel Post Jul 5, 2017

Nearly a decade ago in August 2008, Russia shocked the international community by sending troops to support South Ossetian separatist attacks on Georgian peacekeepers in the Georgian region of South Ossetia. Russia sent the aid under the…
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The Health Care Albatross: What the AHCA House Vote Means for Republicans, Democrats, and Health…

Isabel Post Jun 7, 2017

The American Health Care Act, the effective repeal of the Affordable Care Act (less affectionately, Obamacare), passed the House of Representatives on Thursday, May 4th with 217 votes. The critical margin by which it passed was made so…
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