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Overview

Mitchell A. Orenstein is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States and specializes in social sciences with a focus on political science and international relations. Their research contributions prominently address themes in Eastern European communism and reforms, post-communist economic and political transition, and populism, particularly right-wing movements.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Work, family, Fatherland: the political economy of populism in central and Eastern Europe (2020, Journal of European Public Policy)
  • Work, Family, Fatherland: The Political Economy of Populism in Central and Eastern Europe (2020, SSRN Electronic Journal)
  • The European Union's transformation after Russia's attack on Ukraine (2023, Journal of European Integration)
  • Securitisation of EU policy: how Russia's invasion of Ukraine is changing Europe (2025, Journal of European Public Policy)
  • Russia: Fascist or Conservative? (2022, Nationalities Papers)

Orenstein has frequently published in venues such as the Journal of European Public Policy, Nationalities Papers, SSRN Electronic Journal, Journal of European Integration, and The Russian Review.

Their research topics encompass:

  • Eastern European Communism and Reforms
  • Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
  • European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies
  • European Politics and Security
  • Global Security and Public Health

In terms of subfields, their publications include Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, General Health Professions, Development, and Finance.

Orenstein has collaborated with co-authors including Bojan Bugarič, Yoshiko M. Herrera, Антон Шеховцов, and Marlène Laruelle.

Best Publications

  • Roma in an Expanding Europe: Breaking the Poverty Cycle

    Dena Ringold;Mitchell A. Orenstein;Erika Wilkens

  • Privatizing Pensions: The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform

    Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • Resilient Liberalism in Europe's Political Economy

    Vivien A. Schmidt;Mark Thatcher

  • Out of the Red : Building Capitalism and Democracy in Postcommunist Europe

    Mitchell Alexander Orenstein

  • How politics and institutions affect pension reform in three post-communist countries

    Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • Electoral Protests and Democratization: Beyond the Color Revolutions

    Katya Kalandadze;Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • Post-Soviet Authoritarianism: The Influence of Russia in Its "Near Abroad"

    David R. Cameron;Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • How politics and institutions affect pension reform in three post-communist countries

    Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • The New Pension Reform as Global Policy

    Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • Pension Reform in Europe : Process and Progress

    Robert Holzmann;Mitchell A. Orenstein;Michal Rutkowski

  • Pension Privatization: Evolution of a Paradigm

    Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • Trojan Horses in EU Foreign Policy

    Mitchell A. Orenstein;R. Daniel Kelemen

  • The privatised sector in the Czech republic: Government and bank control in a transitional economy

    Karla Brom;Mitchell Orenstein

  • A Genealogy of Communist Successor Parties in East-central Europe and the Determinants of Their Success

    Mitchell Orenstein

  • Out-liberalizing the EU: pension privatization in Central and Eastern Europe

    Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • Postcommunist Welfare States

    Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • Pension privatization in crisis: Death or rebirth of a global policy trend?: WORLDVIEW

    Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • Why did Neoliberalism Triumph and Endure in the Post-Communist World?

    Hilary Appel;Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • From Triumph to Crisis: Neoliberal Economic Reform in Postcommunist Countries

    Hilary Appel;Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • Work, family, Fatherland: the political economy of populism in central and Eastern Europe

    Mitchell A. Orenstein;Bojan Bugarič

  • Transnational actors in Central and East European transitions

    Mitchell A. Orenstein;Stephen R. Bloom;Nicole Lindstrom

  • The New Transnationalism and Comparative Politics

    Mitchell A. Orenstein;Hans Peter Schmitz

  • From Triumph to Crisis

    Hilary Appel;Mitchell A. Orenstein

  • The Political Economy of Pension Reform in Central-Eastern Europe

    M.A. Orenstein

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Daniel Kelemen
R. Daniel Kelemen Georgetown University
Robert Holzmann
Robert Holzmann Austrian Academy of Sciences
Daniel Béland
Daniel Béland McGill University
Bernhard Ebbinghaus
Bernhard Ebbinghaus University of Mannheim

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