The Russian Barter Debate: Implications for Western Policy
Barter and other closely related forms of non-monetary exchange present a critical challenge for Russian public policy. As of early 1998, from 50 to 70% of exchange in industry took…
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The Pending Crisis in Russian Civil-Military Relations
A key issue in the study of civil-military relations has been how to create a military sufficiently strong to ensure security from external threats while simultaneously preventing the military from…
Russia In Search of Itself: Nationalism and the Future of the Russian State
Nationalism is an ideology that specifies who are members of a putative "nation," describes the nation's self-image relative to other groups, and advocates political actions congruent with a national mission.…
Central Weakness and Provincial Autonomy: The Process of Devolution in Russia
The most recent round of financial and political crises in Russia serve to underscore the growing power shift between the federal government in Moscow and the 89 units that comprise…
The Domestic Politics of NATO Expansion in Russia: Implications for American Foreign Policy
For two years, opponents of NATO expansion both in Russia and the West have warned that the act of inviting former Warsaw Pact countries into the Western alliance would bolster…
In Its Own Image: Toward a Re-conceptualization of Central Asia
With the collapse of the USSR came the dislocation of the Soviet republics–not only from their former political and economic status within the former Soviet Union, but also from their…
Breaking the Vicious Cycle of Uncertainty in Post-Communist Russia
The most recent round of financial and political crises in Russia serve to underscore the growing power shift between the federal government in Moscow and the 89 units that comprise…
Short-Term Compromises and Long-Term Dangers for Russian-American Security Cooperation
Russia's current economic and military weakness should not make anyone complacent about the long-term potential for a resurgent Russian threat to international security. Now is the time for the United…
Strategies For Energy Development In Central Asia: International Implications
The possession of rich reserves of oil and gas on their respective territories destines the Central Asian states neither for healthy market economies and democratic governance nor for the establishment…
Primakov in Context: The Myths and Realities of Russia’s New Prime Minister
A casual reader of Western media in Europe and the US, in particular, might be excused for believing that the potential for a new US-Russian Cold War had increased significantly…