Europe Without Visas: Does Russia Have a Chance

When Vladimir Putin proposed visa-free travel between Russia and the European Union in August 2002, his initiative seemed to be sailing against the current wave of thinking. The forthcoming EU enlargement not…

The United States’ Northern Dimension? Prospects for a U.S.-Russian Cooperative Agenda in Northern Europe

The recent terrorist attacks against the United States and the dramatic developments in the Middle East have diverted public attention from other regions where dynamic and impressive changes are occurring,…

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…

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…

EU Enlargement in the Baltic Sea Region and Russia: Obvious Problems, Unclear Solutions

An analysis of the implications for Russia of European Union (EU) enlargement to include Poland and the Baltic states should give Russia cause for alarm. This memo explains why, at…

Russia and the European Union: The Case of Kaliningrad

Kaliningrad is a unique Russian region due to its history and geopolitical location. During the Cold War era it was considered an important Soviet military outpost in the confrontation with…

Russia and the European Union: The Northern Dimension

Relations between Russia and the European Union (EU) are based on three main pillars: the Partnership and Cooperation Act (PCA) of 1994, the Common Strategy of the European Union on…

The Bright Side of Russia’s Regionalization

Regionalization is a basic characteristic of post-Communist Russia–a contradictory process that both poses challenges to and provides for a federative state. Russia's regionalization does have negative consequences: further disintegration of the single economic,…

Empowerment, Ricochets and End-Runs: Russia’s Integration with Western Human Rights Institutions and Practices

Russia's integration with Western institutions is proceeding along several different fronts. US media and policy analysts have emphasized two aspects of this process: the economic (increasingly dense ties between Russian…

International Institutions and Russian Security Cooperation

Traditional approaches to international relations lead us to expect that with the loss of the Cold War's stable bipolar system, insecurity and uncertainty will prompt the great powers–Russia among them–to…

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