Michael O. Slobodchikoff is an associate professor of political science at Troy University. He is the author of several books, including Building Hegemonic Order Russia’s Way: Order, Stability, and Predictability in the Post-Soviet Space. G. Doug Davis is an associate professor of political science at Troy University. He is the coauthor (with Slobodchikoff) of Cultural Imperialism and the Decline of the Liberal Order: Russian and Western Soft Power in Eastern Europe. Brandon Stewart is an assistant professor of political science at Troy University.