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Russia’s Security Agenda vis-a-vis Transatlantic Developments after the War in Iraq

The sharp disagreements among Western countries over U.S. actions in Iraq are a serious test for Moscow for several reasons. First, although disagreements in the West have occurred before and indeed deepened…

What Went Wrong? Regional Electoral Politics and Impediments to State Centralization in Russia 2003-2004

In the fall of 2004, Russia’s national executive launched a major reform that affects the development of center-region relations in the country. The pivotal component of the reform is a move to…

Who is at the Gate?: The Symbolic Battle of Stalingrad in Contemporary Russia

During the first years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russian president Boris Yeltsin’s administration paid little or no attention to the old symbols of Russian national pride. Liberal ideology, as…

Strong Men, Weak State: Power Ministry Officials and the Federal Districts

Vladimir Putin's KGB past, strong state rhetoric, and specific policy decisions (Chechnya, the attacks on media oligarchs Boris Berezovskii and Vladimir Gusinskii, etc.) have heightened fears of the return to…

From the CIS to the SES: A New Integrationist Game in Post-Soviet Space

On September 19, 2003, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine signed an agreement in Yalta on “The Concept of a Single Economic Space” (SES). The idea behind this agreement was…

The United States and Russia Today: A Practical Partnership

U.S.-Russian relations today can be characterized best as pragmatic. But this pragmatism is a very specific one. The partnership between Russia and the United States is driven by expediency rather than principle…

The View of Russian Electoral Reforms from Russia’s Ethnic Republics

President Putin’s proposal to eliminate gubernatorial elections throughout Russia caught the leaders of Russia’s ethnic republics by surprise. Although it was widely known that such ideas had been circulating in the…

Walking on Thin Ice: Putin’s Rapprochement with the United States on the Background of the Latent Anti-Americanism in Russia

The United States—although it attracts many immigrants and students from all over the world and its lifestyle is widely emulated—is also an object of intense and widespread hatred. The apparent…

Leadership Succession in the Russian Federation: After 2008?

In just over five years, Vladimir Putin will be constitutionally obliged to step down as Russia’s president. Although Putin’s popularity rating remains in the 70–85 percent range, and his reelection…

Restructuring of the Russian Electricity Industry: The Proposed Breakup and the Lessons from Abro

The Russian electricity industry is on the verge of fundamental change. Until now, electricity in Russia has been produced, transmitted, and distributed under the auspices of two main entities: Unified Energy System…

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