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Mark Lawrence Schrad

Mark Lawrence Schrad is professor of political science and director of Russian Area Studies at Villanova University. He is the author of “Smashing the Liquor Machine: A Global History of Prohibition” (2021) and “Vodka Politics: Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State” (2014). Follow him on X/Twitter: @VodkaPolitics.