contributorsxiiiInternational Affairs, Oslo, Norway. He is also Editor in Chief
of the Scandinavian language peer- reviewed area studies journal
Nordisk Østforum. In 2009–10 he was a Fulbright Visiting
Scholar, Institute of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies,
University of California, Berkeley, USA. His research interests
include the development of centre–region relations in the Russian
Federation, in particular the reform of intra- executive relations. He
has also published on state- and nation- building in unrecognised
states in Eurasia. His books include Centre–Periphery Relations in
Russia (Ashgate, 2001, co- edited with Geir Hønneland), Nation-
building and Common Values in Russia (Rowman & Littlefield,
2004, co- edited with Pål Kolstø), Tackling Space: Federal Politics
and the Russian North (University Press of America, 2005, co-
edited with Geir Hønneland), The Governors’ Last Stand: Federal
Bargaining in Russia’s Transition to Appointed Regional Heads
(Unipub, 2015). He has published peer- reviewed articles in Post-
Soviet Affairs, Europe–Asia Studies, Geopolitics, East European
Politics, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Nationalities Papers and
Communist and Post- Communist Studies.
Henry E. Hale is Professor of Political Science and International
Affairs at the George Washington University, USA and most
recently the author of Patronal Politics: Eurasian Regime
Dynamics in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University
Press, 2015). His previous work has won two awards from the
American Political Science Association (APSA), for his book
Why Not Parties in Russia (Cambridge University Press, 2006)
and his article ‘Divided We Stand’ (World Politics, 2005).
He is also the author of The Foundations of Ethnic Politics
(Cambridge University Press, 2008) and a wide range of journal
articles. During 2009–12, he served as Director of the Institute
for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at George
Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs,
and he is currently editorial board chair of Demokratizatsiya:
The Journal of Post- Soviet Democratization. His ongoing
research focuses on issues related to nationalism, ethnic politics,
political regimes and elections, with a focus on Russia and other
post- Soviet countries.