RESEARCH
Publications
- Kaya, Ruchan. 2019. “A Bridge at the Border: Belarus between Europe and Russia,” in Janczak, J. (ed.) Old Borders – New Challenges, New Borders – Old Challenges De-bordering and Re-bordering in Contemporary Europe. Berlin: Logos-Verlag.
- Kaya, Ruchan and Michael Bernhard. 2013. “Are Elections Mechanisms of Authoritarian Stability or Democratization? Evidence from Postcommunist Eurasia,” Perspectives on Politics. Web Appendix
- Bernhard, Michael and Ruchan Kaya. 2012.“Civil Society and Regime Type in European Post-Communist Countries: The Perspective Two Decades after 1989-1991,” Taiwan Journal of Democracy 8(2): 1-13.
Working Papers
- “Relative Mobilization Capacity and Democratization”, (co-authored with Alexander C. Pacek)
- “Dissecting the Natural Resource Literature: A New Data Set” (co-authored with Renato Lima de Oliveira)
- “Pipelines and Regime Stability in Transit Countries: A Curse or a Benefit?”
- “Natural Resource Pipelines as Catalysts of Regional Regime Diffusion.”
- “Natural Resource Pipelines: Introducing a Global Data Set”
Other Publications
- Kaya, Ruchan. 2015. “Global Dynamics of Oil Price Fluctuations,” Caspian Report: 146-151.
- Kaya, Ruchan. 2015. “Türk Akımı için Zor Süreç,” Bloomberg-Businessweek Türkiye: 30-31 [in Turkish].
Selected Research Presentations
“Relative Mobilization Capacity and Democratization” Presented at the “Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association” Chicago, IL, April 2018
“Pipelines and Regime Stability in Transit Countries: A Curse or a Benefit” Presented at the “Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association” San Francisco, CA, September 2015
“Natural Resource Pipelines as Catalysts of Regional Regime Diffusion” Presented at the “Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association” San Francisco, CA, September 2015
“EU Energy Union and Natural Gas Supply Security at the Dawn of Russian Regional Upsurge” Presented at the workshop titled “The EU between Regionalization and Globalization: Prospects, Challenges and Contestations” Istanbul, April 2015
“A New Type of Resource Curse? Effect of Natural Resource Pipelines on Development and Regime Change in Belarus and Georgia” Presented at the “Annual Convention of the International Studies Association” San Francisco, CA, April 2013
“A New Type of Resource Curse? Effect of Natural Resource Pipelines on Development and Regime Change in Developing Countries” Presented at the “Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association” New Orleans, LA, September 2012
“Are Elections Mechanisms of Authoritarian Stability or Democratization? Evidence from Postcommunist Eurasia” Presented at the “Advancing Electoral Research ELECDEM Final Conference” Florence, Italy, June, 2012
“Are Non-Democratic Elections Mechanisms of Authoritarian Stability or Democratization? Evidence from Postcommunist Eurasia” (co-author Michael Bernhard), Presented at the “Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association” Seattle, WA, September 2011
“Democracy and Elections in Postcommunist Space: The Cases of Central Asian and Black Sea Countries” Presented at the “Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association” Chicago, IL, April 2011
“Illusionary Party Strength in Resource Rich Countries: The Cases of Venezuela and Azerbaijan.” Presented at the “Annual Meeting of Southern Political Science Association” New Orleans, LA, January 2011
Invited Presentations
“Natural Resource Pipelines: Democracy and Regime Stability”, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, May, 2018
“Relative Mobilization Capacity, Elections, and Civil Liberties across Polity Analysis” at the Center for Research on Globalization, Peace, and Democratic Governance (GLODEM), Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, May, 2018
“Civil Society and Regime Type in European Postcommunist Countries: The Perspective Two Decades after 1989-1991” (co-author Michael Bernhard), at the conference “A Liberal Challenge? Civil Society and Grassroots Politics in New Democracies, Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes.” Korea University, Seoul, January, 2012.