Henry E. Hale is Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University. His previous work has won two awards from the American Political Science Association, the Leon D. Epstein Outstanding Book Award for Why Not Parties in Russia (Cambridge University Press, 2006) and the Alexander L. George Article Award for 'Divided We Stand' (World Politics, 2005). His other publications include Foundations of Ethnic Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2008), two edited volumes, and numerous articles in leading, peer-reviewed journals such as Comparative Polit...