Carter Johnson is an Associate Professor at the National Research University HSE in Moscow, Russia. Carter holds a PhD in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, College Park and an MSc from the London School of Economics. Carter’s research has been published in International Security, World Politics, and Civil Wars, among others; he is currently completing a manuscript on partition as a solution to civil wars. Carter is also a Regional Director at American Councils, an organization working to increase academic mobility and educational competencies.