Michael McFaul

4.8k citations
99 papers · 2.2k · h-index 25

Impact in

    • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
    • International Relations and Foreign Policy
    • Russia and Soviet political economy
    • Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
    • Soviet and Russian History
    • Social Policy and Reform Studies
    • International Development and Aid

Papers in

    • Russia and Soviet political economy 37
    • Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics 15
    • International Relations and Foreign Policy 12
    • Electoral Systems and Political Participation 11
    • European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies 6
    • Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East 4
    • Political Conflict and Governance 22
    • Eastern European Communism and Reforms 4

Michael McFaul

90 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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Michael McFaul
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  • Political Science and International Relations 1.7k
  • Development 196
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.5k
  • General Energy 29
  • Strategy and Management 155
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All Works

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1 2002258
2 2005148
3 1992125
4 1995116
5 2004109
6
Popular Choice and Managed Democracy: The Russian Elections of 1999 and 2000
2003101
7 200290
8 200089
9 200974
10 200757
11 200242
12 200441
13
Promoting democracy and the rule of law : American and European strategies
200940
14 200440
15 200736
16
On the Brink: Weak States and US National Security
200434
17 200433
18 200032
19 201531
20 199630

About Michael McFaul

Michael McFaul is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Strategy and Management, Development and History, having authored 99 papers that have together received 2.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Russia and Soviet political economy (37 papers), Political Conflict and Governance (22 papers), Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics (15 papers), International Relations and Foreign Policy (12 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (11 papers), European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies (6 papers), Eastern European Communism and Reforms (4 papers) and Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East (4 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Political Science and International Relations (1.7k citations), Development (196 citations), Sociology and Political Science (1.5k citations), General Energy (29 citations) and Strategy and Management (155 citations). Michael McFaul has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Bulgaria and United Kingdom. Frequent co-authors include Timothy J. Colton, James Goldgeier, Robert Legvold, Stephen Kotkin, Nikolay V. Petrov, Michael A. McFaul, Valerie Bunce, Francis Fukuyama, K. Lynn Stoner and Amichai Magen. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of democracy, The Washington Quarterly, Current History, Post-Soviet Affairs and International Security.

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