Russian and Eurasian studies is an interdisciplinary degree program designed for students interested in Russia and Eurasia, an area of the world that is of strategic importance to the United States.
Eric McGlinchey is Associate Professor of Politics at the Schar School of Policy and Government. He is the author of Chaos, Violence, Dynasty: Politics and Islam in Central Asia (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2011). McGlinchey’s areas of research include U.S. foreign policy in Eurasia and Central A...
Karina V. Korostelina is a Professor and Director of Peace Lab on Reconciling Conflicts and Intergroup Divisions and of the Program on History, Memory, and Conflict at the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, GMU. Professor Korostelina is a social psychologist whose work focuses on dynami...
Mark N. Katz, Professor of Government and Politics, began teaching at George Mason University in 1988. He writes mainly on Russian foreign and security policy--especially toward the Middle East.
Students in the Russian and Eurasian Studies (REST) program have plenty of opportunities to participate in co-curricular activities at Mason or in the surrounding community, as well as on study abroad programs in Russia or Eurasia. Students can participate in Russian Club, which organizes a range of ...