The United States from Russia to Georgia
The latest crisis in Russian-Georgian relations, precipitated by the arrest of four Russian officers in Georgia on suspicions of espionage, could put the United States in an awkward situation in…
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Ethnic Migration: A Challenge to Russian Border Security?
Russia is one of the world’s top destinations for migrants, mainly from post-Soviet states but also increasingly from elsewhere in Asia, especially China. While precise assessments differ, the number of…
Post-Soviet Realpolitik: Russian Policy After the Color Revolutions
Russian policy toward Georgia and Ukraine after the color revolutions presents an example of a realpolitik answer to a normative policy challenge. Here we see one of the widest discursive…
The Political and Legal Parameters of Russian Decisionmaking on Abkhazia and South Ossetia
Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008, was in some ways an anticlimactic event. It was widely expected, as were the immediate reactions: recognition by the United…
Can Georgia Get Back on the NATO Track?
Georgia, the most fervent pursuer of membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization among remaining candidates, seeks to receive a NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the April 2008 summit…
‘Unrecognized States’ in Russia’s Domestic and Foreign Policy
Predictably, the recognition of Kosovo’s independence by the United States and most members of the European Union was followed by pronounced appeals for recognition from three of the four “unrecognized…
Ideological Aspects of Georgian-U.S.-Russian Relations
This memo deals with the place of ideology in post-Soviet affairs with regard to U.S.-Russian relations. More specifically, it explores possible reasons behind the particularly fierce rivalry between the United…
The Russian-Georgian Crisis and Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
In the early fall of 2002, two developments concerning Georgia garnered a great deal of attention. The first was the groundbreaking ceremony for the long-awaited Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, which has…
Quod Licet Iovi: Preemptive Use of Military Force in Russian Foreign Policy
In August-September 2002, Russia appeared to have a short romance with the U.S. policy of preemption, which was annoucned months before and made official in the National Security Strategy issued…
Why Did Lukoil Really Pull Out of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli Oilfield?
In late November 2002, Russia’s largest oil company, Lukoil, created a flurry of speculation over its decision to withdraw from the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), a major Caspian oil consortium. Given…