Varieties of Post-Soviet Petrostates and the Limits of the Resource Curse Thesis

Code: SL51951

Dates: April 4, 2025

Meets: 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Sessions: 1

Location: ONLINE

Course Fee: $39.00

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The collapse of the Soviet Union with its highly unified and centralized energy sector has produced five new energy giants, which have simultaneously started to build their independent energy policies from the common Soviet institutional, managerial and physical heritage. Today, 30 years after this fundamental critical juncture for the region, we can analyze their pathways and decisions that led to various results. Examine the resource curse, the "paradox of plenty."
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Mikhail Strokan

Mikhail Strokan’s work looks at the idea that countries abundant in such natural resources as oil and natural gas wind up struggling economically despite the bounty—and examines why some of these countries fare better than others. https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/resisting-resource-curse Assistant Professor (2024 - present) at HSE University. Senior Research Fellow (2023-2024) at the Center for Energy Geopolitics, Institute for Advanced International Studies of the University of World Economy and Diplomacy. Research Associate (2021-2022) at the International Center for the Study of Institutions and Development (ICSID) of the HSE University. Research Associate (2020-2021) at the European University in St. Petersburg. Teaching Assistant and Head Teaching Assistant (2018-2023) at University of Pennsylvania. Research Assistant (2017-2020) at University of Pennsylvania. Research Assistant (2015-2016) at Syracuse University.

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