Security Cooperation, Russia, and NATO
President Vladimir Putin’s decision to support the U.S. war against terrorism was not quite the complete turnaround in Russian foreign policy that has been portrayed in the Western media. Putin…
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NATO, Russia, and the Baltic States
After the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, Russian president Vladimir Putin was the first foreign leader to phone President George W. Bush to express his condolences. This…
The Russia-NATO Relationship: Is It Worth Another Try?
Russia and NATO are discussing how to implement the decision taken at the North Atlantic Council (NAC) ministerial meeting on December 6, 2001 to develop new mechanisms in order to…
Suffocation by Embrace: The Putin-Bush Alliance and the Cultural Threat to Western Democracy
In the wake of the heinous terror strikes in the United States, President Vladimir Putin firmly embraced the idea of a counterterrorist alliance led by the United States/NATO and Russia.…
September 11 and the Challenge of Integrating Russia into the West
The events of September 11, 2001, have triggered a significant rethinking of international security priorities in major states that has not occurred since the end of the Cold War. Clearly,…
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…
Russia’s Strategic Partnerships and Global Security
In the first post-Cold War decade the international system has experienced a period of relative peace among the great powers not seen since the Concert of Europe made its debut…
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…
Nuclear De-emphasizing in Russia’s Military Thinking: Phantom or Reality?
Shortly after coming into power, Russian President Vladimir Putin's administration significantly changed Moscow's foreign and security priorities. These changes were based upon the realization that the real and present danger…