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U.S. Military Bases in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Economic Lessons from Okinawa

The new United States and coalition force military bases in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, established in 2002, have not attracted much media attention in the West. Yet as we know from cases elsewhere…

Why Peace Operations in Afghanistan Should Heed Soviet Lessons Learned

Common wisdom says that the United States has little to learn from studying the military lessons of Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. U.S. military actions have been designed not to encounter…

Putin and the Russian Military

When Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, first as the appointed acting president and then as the duly elected leader of Russia, many people predicted that it heralded the…

The New Bush Administration and the UN: A Strategy of Great Power Consensus?

While the presidency of George W. Bush is still at an early stage, it is already clear what direction his Secretary of State, Colin Powell, will be trying to pursue…

Human Rights Violations in Chechnya: Implications for Western Assistance to Russia

Complaints of human rights violations by Russian authorities in Chechnya are now rampant. In early March 2000, Human Rights Watch representative Peter Bouckaert testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee…

The Dissonant Concert: US-Russian Relations in the UN Security Council

How can we best understand the ambiguous relationship between the United States and Russia in the United Nations today? On the one hand, their debates and disagreements are heated, and…

Contact Lenses: Transparency and US-Russian Military Ties

US and NATO soldiers and sailors are making an extremely important contribution to American security interests by doing the unexpected: fraternizing with their counterparts from Russia, a country that may…

Why Military Dissatisfaction Is Not a Threat to the Russian State

It is a well known fact that the Russian military today is in terrible shape. Funding shortfalls are so severe that basic needs go unmet. Neither officers nor troops get…

The Political Costs of Western Investment in Russian Spin-off Companies

In recent years many American investors have targeted direct investments in Russia toward small start-up companies that are spin-offs from old Soviet enterprises. These investments have been encouraged by several…

Warlords: Strong-Arm Brokers in Weak States (New Book)

Warlords: Strong-Arm Brokers in Weak States by Kimberly Marten Cornell Studies in Security Affairs Cornell University Press Description (Amazon): Warlords are individuals who control small territories within weak states,…

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