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…

From Dubrovka to Beslan: Who is learning faster?

The social, political, and religious causes and characteristics of modern terrorism have become the object of heightened political attention and the subject for heated academic discussions. No country in the…

United Russia: Ruling Party or Emperor’s New Clothes?

After a bloody conflict in October 1993 between Russian president Boris Yeltsin and the Parliament, Russia’s elites recognized the need for strong parliamentary support of the federal executive. However, the nonpartisan nature…

The Agenda for Arms Control Negotiations After the Moscow Treaty

Ratification of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT, or the Moscow Treaty), signed by Vladimir Putin and George W. Bush on May 24, 2002, is all but certain. Critics in…

New Round of Elections in Russia: New People, New Technologies… No Choice?

It has been a busy season for elections in Russia, with gubernatorial contests in St. Petersburg and Sverdlovsk (Ekaterinburg), the presidential election in Chechnya, and mayoral elections in several large Russian cities.…

U.S. – Russian Missile Defense Cooperation: Limits of the Possible

President Vladimir Putin’s decision not to overreact to the December 2001 U.S. withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty paved the way to recovering from the painful and acrimonious debates about the…

Russian Foreign Policy in Post-Soviet Space: New Priorities for New Challenges?

Moscow’s active and unprecedented direct support of Viktor Yanukovych in the Ukrainian presidential elections highlights recent changes in Russian policy toward the post-Soviet states. This new approach has raised numerous questions and…

Realism, Russia, and Conflict Resolution

July 23, 2012

In 2004, distinct shifts in Georgian and Moldovan conflict resolution efforts sharply underlined the functions of Russian support to the breakaway regions of South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Transdniestria. Russian patronage…

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