Seva Gunitsky is an American political scientist.[1] He is an associate professor of political science at the University of Toronto.[2] His research focuses on the ways global forces and international politics affect democracy and domestic politics.[2] He is the author of Aftershocks: Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century, which examines how shocks in the international system affect regime types.[3][4] The book was selected by Foreign Affairs magazine as one of the best books of 2017.[2][5] He has also published commentary and analysis in The Washington Post, Foreign Affairs, and The New Republic.[6][7][8] Gunitsky is a frequent commentator on Russian politics and foreign policy.[9][10][11][12][13]

Gunitsky was born in Leningrad, Soviet Union.[1][11] He migrated to the United States at the age of 10, right around the time of the August Putsch, and spoke about having to relearn Russian after immigration, a common problem for Russophone immigrant children.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c "A Country Illegible Even to Itself". Inroads. 2018-11-30. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  2. ^ a b c "Seva Gunitsky--University of Toronto--Home". individual.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  3. ^ Hyde, Susan; Edelstein, David M.; Lascurettes, Kyle M.; Gunitsky, Seva (28 January 2019). "Roundtable 10-22 on Aftershocks: Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century". H-Diplo | ISSF. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  4. ^ Ziblatt, Daniel (2019). "Aftershocks: Great Powers and Domestic Reforms in the Twentieth Century. By Seva Gunitsky. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017. 304p. 29.95 paper". Perspectives on Politics. 17 (2): 495–497. doi:10.1017/S1537592719001348. ISSN 1537-5927. S2CID 182125875.
  5. ^ "The Best of Books 2017". Foreign Affairs. 2020-07-06. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  6. ^ "Search - The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  7. ^ Casey, Adam E. (25 March 2020). "The Weakness of Strongmen in Russia and China Bodes Well for Democracy | Foreign Affairs". ((cite magazine)): Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  8. ^ Gunitsky, Seva (27 April 2018). "One Word to Improve U.S. Russia Policy". The New Republic.
  9. ^ "Follow the (Russian) Money | Money Talking". WNYC. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  10. ^ "Russian spies may have backed email phishing campaign in effort to spread disinformation". CBC. 2017.
  11. ^ a b "Seva Gunitsky discusses Ukraine with the CBC". Department of Political Science. 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  12. ^ Yuhas, Alan (2019-09-26). "How Did Ukraine Land in the Middle of an American Political Drama?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-28.
  13. ^ Fisher, Max (2019-01-05). "After a Rocky 2018, Populism Is Down but Far From Out in the West". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-28.


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