‘Extremists and Bandits’ How Russia Views the War against Terrorism

When President Vladimir Putin picked up the phone to express his sympathy to President George W. Bush in the aftermath of September 11, and then followed-up by providing concrete assistance to the…

Ethnofederalism: Lessons for Rebuilding Afghanistan, Preserving Pakistan, and Keeping Russia Stable

Ethnofederalism is a federal political system in which territorial governance units are explicitly designated as ethnic homelands. It has proven quite workable in multiethnic states from India to today’s Russia,…

A Fresh Start in U.S.-Russian Relations?

Considering September 2001 as the turning of an important political page not only for U.S.-Russian relations, but also for general international relations as well is tempting. So far, though, the…

Russia’s Interest in Trading with the “Axis of Evil”

The puzzle is why a Russia that has improved its relations with the United States and Western Europe, that has supported the United States in the fight against the Taliban…

Assuaging Ethnic Factionalism Dagestan’s Lessons for Post-Taliban Settlement in Afghanistan

Studies of post-conflict settlement have shown that political decentralization rarely eliminates ethnopolitical violence. Yet, some form of decentralization often has to be used as a confidence building mechanism in the…

Russia’s Policy in the Former Soviet Union and the New Challenges to the United States Eurasia Policy

With Vladimir Putin’s presidential inauguration in May 2000, Russian policy toward the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union began to change. By the end of 2001 these changes…

Russia and U.S. Policy Toward Iraq Conflict of Interests and Limits of Dissent

Throughout much of the 1990s, the United States could not rely on the support of any ally except the United Kingdon (UK) for its unilateralist military strikes against Iraq. In view…

Russian-U.S. Cooperation in Preventing Megaterrorism: Opportunities and Limits

The prevention of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD)—is one of the few areas where U.S. and Russian vital interests coincide. Both states consider WMD proliferation as a…

Separately Together: U.S. and Russian Approaches to Political Settlement in Afghanistan

The sudden collapse of Taliban power in Kabul and other cities in the north of Afghanistan, followed by the liberation of most of Afghanistan from Taliban control, happened much faster…

Chechnya: 9/11, the Moscow Hostage Crisis, and Opportunity for Political Settlement

Having enlisted Putin’s support in the global war on terrorism, the White House has not publicly protested the continuing zachistki (cleansing raids) and other systematic abuses of Chechen civilians by the…

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