...Vitali Silitski This article examines the internal and external reactions by post-Soviet autocrats to the colored revolutions. First, the colored revolutions provoked incumbents in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and other post-Soviet countries to strengthen domestic efforts to preempt...

... of the University of California Armenia Belarus Georgia Ukraine States Authoritarianism Coercion Security services Regime change Colored revolutions Transitions The dynamics of autocratic coercion after the Cold War* Lucan A. Way a Steven Levitsky b a University of Toronto, Canada b Harvard...

...Paul D’Anieri Since 1999, the post-Communist states have seen a series of attempts to overthrow semiauthoritarian governments, with the successful attempts known as the “colored revolutions.” However, not all such attempts have succeeded. This paper seeks to explain the variation in outcomes. Most...