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Essay on The Diplomat: “The ‘New Normal’ Is Not Deglobalization, It’s Reglobalization”

“In places like Uzbekistan, policymakers have doubled down on economic liberalization and internationalization despite Western narratives of global conflict and economic decoupling.” I am happy to share my latest for The Diplomat discussing my Globalizations academic article on the political economy of the war in Ukraine in the context of Uzbekistan. Have a read here.

Joined the co-convenor team of BISA’s East Europe and Eurasia working group

Next year’s BISA conference (Brighton, 3-5 June 2026) will be my first as co-convener of a working group. I just joined the team of the East Europe and Eurasia (EEES) working group, which hosts all the Russia, East Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia-related research at BISA. Thank you to the other co-conveners for thinking of…

Awarded an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at SOAS University of London (Feb-2026)

I am delighted to share that I have been awarded an ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS University of London, starting in February 2026. This fellowship will allow me to turn my PhD into a book manuscript and deepen my work on the political economy of China’s South-South…