‘Juicy Morsels’: Putin’s Beslan Address and the Construction of the New Russian Identity

Russia President Putin’s state of the nation address on September 4, 2004, immediately following the terrorist act in Beslan, was regarded by many as a strategic blueprint. He has made several statements…

Toward Full Convertibility of the Ruble? Benefits, Pitfalls, and Prospects

In May 2003, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Russian ruble would be made fully convertible by the end of the decade. Over the next year, he steadily moved…

The Gender Gap in Russian Politics and Elections

After the Soviet Communist Party's regime was replaced by a multiparty system in the 1990s, voting in Russia became a subject of intense interest to political scientists. Voters in Russia, as elsewhere,…

Oversight of Russia’s Intelligence and Security Agencies: The Need for and Prospects of Democratic Control

For a brief while after the collapse of the August 1991 coup in Moscow, speculation abounded that the Soviet state security apparatus, known since 1954 as the KGB, would be…

Putin and Bush, Perfect Together: Yet Russia’s Alliance with Europe is Inevitable…Eventually

At the tactical level, the Putin-Bush alliance against terrorism is secure, but this alliance is based on two wasting assets: Bush’s presidency and a shared understanding of what constitutes the terrorist threat.…

Putin Reconstitutes Russia’s Great Power Status

That Russia is a great power appears to be an axiom of world politics, a point of reference accepted even by those who venture advice along the “Forget Moscow” line. Countering reams…

20th Century Tools for 21st Century Challenges: The Limits of Russian Influence in Central Asia and South Caucasus

Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has regarded both Central Asia and the South Caucasus as being within its sphere of influence. It has also been constantly afraid…

Russian Diplomacy in the 21st Century: Multilateralism Put to Work

In a summer 2002 interview, Russian foreign minister Igor Ivanov outlined some of the recent achievements of Russian diplomacy and suggested that well–thought out foreign policy would yield the goals Russia has…

Power Ministries and Federal Reform in Russia

Despite two and one-half years of federal reform under Russian president Vladimir Putin, there is still no clear understanding of just what this federal reform is supposed to achieve. The…

Europe’s Eastern Dimension: Russia’s Reaction to Poland’s Initiative

The process of European Union enlargement dictates two important and interrelated changes in EU–Russia relations. The first is geographic, as the EU’s borders have pushed eastward to Russia. Second, there is…

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