Marlène Laruelle (born 21 December 1972) is a French historian, sociologist, and political scientist specializing on Eurasia and Europe.^[1] She is Research Professor and Director of the Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (IERES) at the George Washington University (GW). Laruelle is also a Co-Director of PONARS (Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia),^[2] Director of GW’s Central Asia Program,^[3] and Director of GW's Illiberalism Studies Program.^[4] She received her Ph.D. in history at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Cultures (INALCO) and spent time as a post-doc in the area of political science at Sciences Po in Paris. She is Senior Associate Scholar at the Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI).^[5] Her particular focus of interest is post-Soviet political, social and cultural developments, especially ideologies and nationalism. She is the daughter^[6] of the French philosopher François Laruelle.

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