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…

Postwar Iraq: Policy Options for Russia

As foreseen by many observers, the fall of Baghdad to U.S. forces on April 9, 2003, was just the beginning, not the end of the story. In postwar Iraq, the United…

Putin’s Anti-Federal Reform 2: Back to the USSR

The second phase of federal reforms, announced by the Kremlin in September 2004 fit into the general logic of reform under President Vladimir Putin. After a series of criminal investigations launched against…

The Antagonizing of the Educated and the Skilled: New Source of Security Threat in Russia

Since the end of Yeltsin’s reign the debate waged in the Western academic and policy communities over the outcome of reforms in Russia has gradually subsided. The focus of security…

Why Did Lukoil Really Pull Out of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli Oilfield?

July 23, 2012

In late November 2002, Russia’s largest oil company, Lukoil, created a flurry of speculation over its decision to withdraw from the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), a major Caspian oil consortium. Given…

Business and State in the Russian Regions

Since the 1998 financial crisis, Russian big business has dramatically expanded its operations into Russia’s regions and, in the process, transformed the country's political system. During the 1990s, Russia's governors and the…

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