Radical Islam in Tatarstan?
Originally published in the Atlantic Sentinel — Even if youngsters in Tatarstan are becoming Islamic, the authorities in this Russian republic have little reason to fear a surge in religious extremism.…
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Quick Comment — NATO
This week's NATO Lisbon Summit is set to launch “NATO 3.0.” The follow-on NATO-Russia Summit heralds “NATO-Russia 3.0,” the latest effort to reinvigorate security cooperation after the stagnation of…
Nemtsov in the House
“In order to modernize, change the Putin system.” -Boris Nemtsov Former Russian Deputy Prime Minister and Nizhny Novgorod Governor Boris Nemtsov presented his prospects for democracy in Russia at…
Mayor Yuri Luzhkov
The Firing of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov: A Reader's Guide (Originally published by Joshua Tucker on The Monkey Cage) Earlier today Russian President Dmitri A. Medvedev fired Moscow mayor…
Abkhazia and South Ossetia: “Asymmetric Sovereignty”?
On August 25, the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies held a seminar on the implications of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, in which some innovative discussion was devoted…
In Focus: Can the Reset Change Russia?
Samuel Charap of the Center for American Progress argues in a July 23 Washington Post op-ed (“U.S. Needs to Carefully Plot Engagement with Russia”) that civil society “still plays a…
In Focus: Is It Time to Take Seriously Joint Missile Defense?
In a July 21 op-ed in the International Herald Tribune (“All Together Now: Missile Defense”) former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn (co-chair of the Nuclear Threat Initiative), former Russian Foreign…
Russia Spy Swap
What the Russia Spy Swap Tells Us About Russia (Originally published by Joshua Tucker on The Monkey Cage) The final chapter in the recent Russia spy scandal seems to…
Defending New START
The fight for ratification of the New START strategic arms control treaty got off to a feisty start with what Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), former chair and ranking member…
In the News: A New START
Alexander Pikayev, Pavel Podvig, and Nikolai Sokov wrote commentaries on the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). Nikolai Sokov, “START Follow-On Talks Successfully Concluded: What’s Next?” James Martin Center…