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…
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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…
Russian Policy and the Potential for Agreement on Revising the ABM Treaty
Little mystery surrounds Russian policy toward US proposals to revise the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty in order to develop a national missile defense (NMD). Moscow views the ABM treaty as…
The Case for Assisting Russian NGOs
The last year has not been a happy one for Russian non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The government has forced them to undergo an expensive process of reregistration, introduced legislation that would…
The Role for US Democracy Assistance: Helping Build Parties from the Bottom Up
Despite the extraordinary development of the Russian political party system over the past ten years of political transition, parties themselves remain elite-dominated organizations with little connection to societal interests. This…
The Clinton-Putin Summit and the Ultimate Security Issue: Democracy in Russia
The centerpiece of President Clinton's June meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be strengthening national security. The Administration plans to do this by focusing on nuclear weapons and National…
Food Aid to Russia: The Fallacies of US Policy
For the past nine years, the United States has provided large amounts of free and highly subsidized food to Russia. Some of this aid has come in the form of…
Russian Nuclear Forces in Ten Years with and without START II
In recent months the United States and Russia have made an attempt to revive the arms control dialogue. But instead of bringing a solution to the problems that hold up nuclear disarmament,…
The Death of Arms Control: Popular Myths About What Russia Can and Will Do
To some, the title of this memo might seem an overstatement. After all, Russia is engaged in two sets of important arms control negotiations. The CFE-2 talks are nearing completion and the…
Promoting Activism or Professionalism in Russia’s Civil Society?
Most scholars and development professionals agree that a stable democracy requires a strong civil society. For this reason, many assistance agencies rightfully have made promoting civil society a key objective…