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Dr. Karena Avedissian is a political scientist focusing on\nsocial movements, new media, civil society, and security in the former Soviet\nUnion, with an area focus on Russia and the Caucasus. In addition to the\nresearch she does, she provides consulting for Freedom House and Harvard\u2019s\nBerkman-Klein Center, as well as investigative work for private companies\nlooking into corruption in the region. Her writing has been published in The\nGuardian, Open Democracy, Global Voices, Transitions Online, and Hetq. Karena\nreceived her PhD from the Centre of Russian and East European Studies at the\nUniversity of Birmingham UK in 2015. She is currently a lecturer at the\nAmerican University of Armenia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Karena Avedissian is a political scientist focusing on social movements, new media, civil society, and security in the former Soviet Union, with an area focus on Russia and the Caucasus. 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