Adam Lenton

Adam Lenton is an Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Wake Forest University. His research focuses on the links between nationalism, political development, and security, with a regional focus on Russia and the former Soviet Union. His research has been published in Russian Politics and Problems of Post-Communism, and financially supported by the Harriman Institute of Columbia University and Carnegie Corporation of New York. He is currently working on a book project, based on his doctoral dissertation, which explores the macro-historical and symbolic sources of ethnic minority identities in Russia. He received his Ph.D. from George Washington University.