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The Future of U.S.-Russian Nuclear Relations: A Rip Van Winkle Approach?

The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT, or the Treaty of Moscow) signed by U.S. president George W. Bush and Russian president Vladimir Putin during their Moscow/St. Petersburg summit in May…

Free but Unfair? The Problems of Electoral Governance in Russia

Democracy, as one political scientist noted, is a political regime in which rulers lose their offices because of electoral defeat. This is not the case in Russia; elections have not become,…

Missile Defense Cooperation in the U.S. – European – Russian Triangle

The United States’s persistence in seeking to develop a comprehensive missile defense system for the protection of the “homeland, deployed forces, friends, and allies” brought the issue of international cooperation to the…

Why Did Russia Welcome a Republican Victory?

Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed George W. Bush’s victory in the U.S. presidential race before the announcement of the official results. The contemporary Russian political elite has preferred conservative, more pragmatic Republicans…

Ingushetia as a Microcosm of Putin’s Reforms

In the wake of the massacre at the Beslan schoolhouse in North Ossetia in early September 2004, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a major reform intended to fight terrorism. “What…

Quod Licet Iovi: Preemptive Use of Military Force in Russian Foreign Policy

In August-September 2002, Russia appeared to have a short romance with the U.S. policy of preemption, which was annoucned months before and made official in the National Security Strategy issued…

Who is in Charge?: Russia Handles Arms Control Negotiations

Russia has always considered arms control negotiations with the United States to be one of the most important elements of its foreign policy. Debates about strategic arms reductions and the…

The Bellwether Battle for Bashkortostan (Rage Against the Machine)

On December 7, 2003, Russian voters in some regions will choose not only a parliament, but also a regional leader. For many citizens, the latter contests will mean much more than the…

Iran and Russia – U.S. Non-Proliferation Dialogue

The war waged by the United States and Great Britain against Iraq this spring has played a nasty trick on the global nonproliferation architecture, which can cause real drama when it wants…

Putin’s European Project: Derailed or Set Back in Reformatting?

The November 25, 2004 Russia-EU summit, dominated by disagreement over elections in Ukraine, marked a record low point in Russia’s relations with Europe. Putin probably regretted his decision to postpone this…

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