Arms Control in the Context of Current US-Russian Relations
The war in Kosovo may be the final nail in the coffin for the sputtering US-Russia bilateral arms control process. Deep cuts in nuclear weapons, an anticipated dividend of the…
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How NATO’s War in Yugoslavia is Making Foreign Policy in Moscow
It is reasonable to expect that NATO's war against Yugoslavia would produce obvious effects on Russian foreign policy. NATO's actions against Belgrade should have heightened Moscow's suspicion of the West–NATO…
The Domestic Politics of NATO Expansion in Russia: Implications for American Foreign Policy
For two years, opponents of NATO expansion both in Russia and the West have warned that the act of inviting former Warsaw Pact countries into the Western alliance would bolster…
Current Russian Views on US-Russian Security Relations and Military Reform
I recently returned from a research trip to Moscow and wanted to pass on some impressions. While there, I conducted interviews on two different issues: military reform and political party…
Russia’s Strategic View: Diminished Threats and Diminished Capabilities
A recent Congressional Research Service report states that Russia is a "nuclear superpower" intent on "maintaining rough parity with the United States." In fact, Russians no longer view their state…
Russia’s Relations with NATO: Lessons from the History of the Entente Cordiale
As NATO contemplates the second wave of enlargement, many wonder what the Russian response might be. The experience of 1996-98 might suggest an optimistic scenario: the first wave was met…
Options for Resolution of the Conflict in Abkhazia
Current prospects for resolving the conflict in the Abkhazia region of Georgia are poor. Framework agreements have been reached, but these merely paper over differences on the central issues at…
Nuclear Weapons and Russia’s Economic Crisis
The recent announcement by vice-premier Yuri Masliukov that Russia would produce 30-40 Topol-M (SS-27) single-warhead ICBMs annually put the finishing touches on Russia's defense policy under the conditions of economic…
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…
Young Russian Professionals are Harshly Critical of their Country’s Foreign Policy
I just finished a series of interviews and focus groups with young Russian professionals about Russia’s current foreign policies. The research was commissioned by the Gorchakov and the “Nasledie…