About Ben Judah
Ben Judah is the author of Fragile Empire: How Russia Fell In And Out Of Love With Vladimir Putin published by Yale University Press.
Articles by Ben Judah
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Clare Sambrook, investigative journalist, co-edits Shine a Light.
European integration
Six countries. Six different paths to EU integration.
No to TTIP
Constitutional conventions: best practice
Late Putinism – immigrant hunters, paedophile safaris and drug addict cowboys; in
2013, Russia has had no shortage of vigilante groups willing and able to take
the law into their own hands. 
Today, 25th October, marks the tenth anniversary of the arrest of Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky, now 
What do
Brussels’ diplomats really think about Russia? Do they know what to ‘do’ with
Russia? Ben Judah stepped inside the plate glass fishbowl of the
European External Action Service to find out. 
The Yellow Peril was a feature of life in Soviet times and the demographics on either side of the Russia-China border do little to convince the fearful that Siberia will not be colonised by the Chinese. This is unlikely, says Ben Judah, who has travelled in the region
Is Russia in control of its relationship with the world's emerging superpower? Ben Judah introduces a new series on openDemocracy Russia. 
From the euphoria of last winter, reality has bitten Russia's opposition. President Putin is resurgent, popular interest in politics is waning and doubts are emerging about the self-styled leader of the protests, Alexei Navalny. Ben Judah wonders if there is an easy way back for Russia's opposition. 
Putin could theoretically remain in power until 2024. But his plans could be undermined by the change in generations: with male life expectancy at just 59, society will soon be un-Soviet. Most people will have grown up in a completely different age and will not be content to be stuck with post-Soviet dinosaurs and their system, says Ben JudahKyrgyzstan: a political retreat
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