Policy Memos | Аналитика 121

Attempts under Putin to Create a Unified Economic Space in Russia

Has President Vladimir Putin made any headway in reversing the trend of decentralization (or literally disintegration) that characterized the Russian economy in the 1990s? To answer this question, this paper…

Instability in South Caucasus and the War against Terrorism

A crisis between Georgia and Russia on April 12–13, 2002, had several new, troubling features, suggesting that war between Georgia and the breakaway region of Abkhazia or, even worse, an armed conflict…

The Social Cost of Russian Military Reform: Redefining Priorities for US Assistance

There are three conventional arguments about the evolution of the Russian armed forces over the past decade. The first one is that despite numerous programs, concepts and highlevel statements, practically…

Central Asia’s Stability and Russia’s Security

In August 2000, as in 1999, Islamic rebels tested the strength of Central Asian government forces. Kyrgyzstan was badly hit again; what is more, Uzbek soldiers struggled to battle the…

The Chinese are Coming: Public Opinion and Threat Perception in the Russian Far East

Unpublished data from the passport and visa registration service of Primorsky krai, interdepartmental memos from the Pacific Regional Directorate of the Russian Federal Border Service, and this author's interviews with…

What Is At Stake For The United States In The Sino-Russian Friendship Treaty?

The new Treaty on Good-Neighborly Relations, Friendship, and Cooperation signed by Russia and China on July 16, 2001, was immediately discounted by the Bush administration as merely a reaffirmation of…

Putin’s Court: How the Military Fits In

The style of Vladimir Putin's presidency, while slightly unpronounced as yet, has certain unmistakable militaristic features. On many occasions during his first year–awarding gift knives to soldiers in Chechnya, congratulating…

Too Much of a Good Thing? Conditionality and Change in Post-Soviet States

Conditionality–the use of incentives to alter a state's behavior or policies–is a core strategy through which international institutions promote compliance by national governments. While traditionally associated with World Bank and…

Securitizing Russia’s Debt

Getting Russia's foreign debt right is crucial to Western security. More than IMF programs, cooperatively dismantling nuclear weapons, or meeting terrorist threats, forging the basis for constructive Russian international integration…

The Duma and Military Reform

Military reform is on the agenda again in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin– despite his pro-army and "Great Russia" rhetoric–seems to have recognized that the army and the other power…

Why the United States Should Cede its Russia Policy to Europe

The usual criticism of American policy toward Russia is that it is somehow wrong or misguided. I argue the problem is far more fundamental than that: the United States would…

The Development of Self-Employment in Russia

Despite the important economic, social, and political roles the self-employed can potentially play in Russia's market transition process, little is known about the extent of self-employment, the composition of the…

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