Putin and the Provinces
Since Vladimir Putin became Prime Minister of Russia in August 1999, and especially since he assumed the presidency on December 31, he has placed a high priority on reasserting federal…
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Russia’s Policy on Nonproliferation Under Putin
On April 24, 2000, in New York, the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference will open to review continued implementation of the treaty. This is the first conference of the signatory…
Alexander Solzhenitsyn as a Mirror of the Russian Counter-Revolution
Seemingly worried about recent trends in Russian government policies that call into question freedom of speech and private property, Anatoly Chubais–a pioneer of Russian economic reforms–suddenly declared this September that…
Putin and the Military: How Long Will the Honeymoon Last?
Russian President Vladimir Putin aggressively wooed the man in uniform during his victorious campaign for the Kremlin, from the time of his appointment as prime minister in August 1999 until…
START and the ABM Treaty: Is a Compromise Possible?
As the Clinton administration's term comes to a close and a new president has been elected in Russia, the United States and Russia are realizing that their arms control negotiation…
Foreign Policy Under Putin: Pro-Western Pragmatism Might Be a Greater Challenge to the West
As Russia prepares for early presidential elections, the foreign policy strategy of the most likely winner–acting President Vladimir Putin–is the subject of much speculation. Will he be pro- or anti-Western?…
The Unintended Consequences of Anti-Federalist Centralization in Russia
Since becoming the Acting President of the Russian Federation in late 1999, Vladimir Putin has spoken with utmost clarity about his concern for the territorial integrity of the Russian Federation…
The Reality and Myths of Nuclear Regionalism in Russia
In 1998, retired General Aleksandr Lebed, governor of Krasnoyarsk krai, declared that he would assume control of a Strategic Rocket Forces division deployed on the territory of his region unless…
Russian National Security Policy in 2000
Although signing a decree granting the new National Security Concept the status of law in January 2000 was one of acting president Vladimir V. Putin's first official decisions in the…
Russia’s Population Crisis: The Migration Dimension
Since the Soviet collapse, Russia has experienced a number of unfavorable demographic developments: • Falling fertility. The crude birth rate (births per 1000 population) declined from 12.1 in 1991 to…