Marlène Laruelle

Marlène Laruelle (born December 21, 1972) is a French historian, sociologist, and political scientist specializing on Eurasia and Europe. She is Research Professor and Director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the George Washington University (GW). Dr. Laruelle is also a Co-Director of PONARS (Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia),[1] Director of GW’s Central Asia Program,[2] and Director of GW's Illiberalism Studies Program.[3] She received her Ph.D. in history at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures (INALCO) and her post-doctoral degree in political science at Sciences-Po in Paris. She is Senior Associate Scholar at the Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI).[4] Her particular focus of interest is post-Soviet political, social and cultural developments, especially ideologies and nationalism.