Welcome to my personal page. Trained in political philosophy, I am interested in the critiques of liberalism coming from both the right and the left, the role of ideas in shaping worldviews and domestic and foreign policy, and how culture informs our vision of the social order and our political imagination.

For two decades, I’ve worked on Russia’s ideological landscape and its outreach abroad. I now study the rise of illiberal and post-liberal ideologies in Europe and the United States, with a special focus on how cultural production shapes our political imaginaries.

I am a Research Professor of International Affairs and Political Science at The George Washington University, and Director of GW's Illiberalism Studies Program.

Read more about my research topics here.