Paul Goode is Senior Lecturer of Russian Politics at the University of Bath. His current research, which is funded by Fulbright, examines patriotism and national identity in Russia. He is the author of 'The Decline of Regionalism in Putin’s Russia: Boundary Issues,' and has published articles in Perspectives on Politics, Post-Soviet Affairs, Europe-Asia Studies, Region, Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics, and Russian Analytical Digest.