On September 16th, Michael Rochlitz was invited to serve as a discussant for the 44th edition of the Virtual Workshop on Authoritarian Regimes (VWAR). Michael discussed a paper by Yana Bilalova (London School of Economics), "Warfare Agenda-setting on Russian Television, 2009 - 2019".

VWAR is a series of online workshops organized by Quintin Beazer and Holger Kern (Florida State University). It is a complementary venue where researchers studying authoritarian regimes can receive feedback on their work in progress.