Russian-American Relations in the Post-Cold War Environment
Five years into the brave new world ushered in by the collapse of the Communist system and the dramatic reshuffle of global geopolitics there has emerged a novel paradigm of…
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The Current Russian Economic Crisis is Neither
The ruble's imminent plummet, amid increasing revenue shortages and foreign debt, has been the focus of international attention toward Russia and elite domestic strife within Russia for the past several…
The Economization, Rationalization, and Normalization of Russian Foreign Policy
Russian foreign policy is increasingly driven by economic factors which rationalize and make it more like that of "normal" countries. Russian foreign and security policy is being "economized" in that…
The New Tribalism and America’s Russia Policy
Since the end of the Cold War, analysts have been grasping for a way to characterize and understand the new security situation–both in Europe and in the rest of the…
Policy Lessons from the Russian Economic Crisis
This policy memo discusses economic reform in Russia and the role of the US government between 1992 and 1998. It begins by reviewing the general strategy of shock therapy in…
The Russian Military Outside Politics: a Historical Perspective
Pavel Grachev, the disgraced and widely despised former Russian defense minister, was fond of asserting that the Russian army is "outside politics." Many Russian and Western observers dismissed Grachev's claim…
The Coming Unemployment Crisis in Russia
There can be little doubt that open unemployment in the Russian Federation is going to rise dramatically over the next few years. Currently, approximately 10% of the Russian population is…
US Policy and Russia’s Economic Plight: Lessons from the Meltdown
This policy memo discusses economic reform in Russia and the role of the US government between 1992 and 1998. It begins by reviewing the general strategy of shock therapy in…
Main Problems for Civilian Control of Military Budgets in Russia
To some extent, one can say that in Russia now there is no control over military expenditures, neither by civilians nor the military. For five years the government has followed…
Russia and the WTO: The Work to be Done
In this brief memo, I will discuss Russian prospects for a successful relationship with the World Trade Organization (WTO), and the factors behind those prospects. By strengthening bilateral and multilateral…