Ukraine, Russia, and US Policy
Although Ukraine was briefly independent at the end of World War I and was occupied by the Nazis during World War II, those were the only gaps in the roughly…
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Kramer
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What is Driving Russia’s New Strategic Concept?
A good deal of confusion has arisen in the West about Russia's latest "Concept of National Security," which formally took effect on January 10 and was published in the weekly…
Capital Flight and Russian Economic Reform
Few problems confronting Russian President Vladimir Putin are as urgent as the continued flight of capital from Russia. Estimates by the US Treasury Department, the International Monetary Fund, and other…
The Sinking of the Kursk
Even though more than a month has passed since the Kursk submarine abruptly sank in the Barents Sea on August 12, very few aspects of the tragedy have been explained…
Food Aid to Russia: The Fallacies of US Policy
For the past nine years, the United States has provided large amounts of free and highly subsidized food to Russia. Some of this aid has come in the form of…
Civil-Military Relations in Russia and the Chechnya Conflict
A number of recent developments have provoked unease in both Russia and the West about the state of Russia's civil-military relations. The Russian army's massive campaign in Chechnya, forceful comments…
US Policy and Russia’s Economic Plight: Lessons from the Meltdown
This policy memo discusses economic reform in Russia and the role of the US government between 1992 and 1998. It begins by reviewing the general strategy of shock therapy in…
Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, and Baltic Security
As a small Russian exclave some 300 kilometers away from the bulk of the Russian Federation, Kaliningrad Oblast is rarely mentioned in discussions of NATO expansion. (Kaliningrad is the Russian…
The Past and Future Putin
By Mark Kramer (Op-ed) The New York Times, September 30, 2011 Forty years ago The Who recorded “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” with the memorable lines “Meet the new boss /…
Vladimir Putin’s Decision to Run for President of Russia in 2012
Insight by PONARS Eurasia Members Originally appeared on The Monkey Cage Dmitry Gorenburg, Senior Analyst, Center for Naval Analyses There has already been some loose talk about the potential…