Why and How the US Should Aid Russia
Since the Russian financial collapse in August 1998, critics of US policy toward Russia from both the right and the left have had a heyday asserting that the Clinton Administration…
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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…
Strategies for US Democracy Assistance to Russia After Market Failure
While the collapse of Russia's market last summer did not destroy new, partially-formed, post-Soviet political and social institutions, their condition this winter is far from stable. The non-governmental organizations (NGOs)…
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…
The Political Costs of Western Investment in Russian Spin-off Companies
In recent years many American investors have targeted direct investments in Russia toward small start-up companies that are spin-offs from old Soviet enterprises. These investments have been encouraged by several…
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.…
The US Second Line of Defense: Preventing Nuclear Smuggling Across Russia’s Borders
Preventing the theft of weapons-usable highly enriched uranium and plutonium in Russia is one of the central security concerns facing the US today. The dissolution of the highly centralized USSR…
Domestic Structure, Economic Growth, and Russian Foreign Policy
Although Russia seems to be in perpetual economic crisis and political transition, it is not too early to begin contemplating the impact of economic growth on Russian foreign policy. Even…
Could Norway Trigger a Nuclear War? Notes on the Russian Command and Control System
Next January, Norway is planning to launch a research rocket similar to the one that caused a false alarm in the Russian strategic command and control system in 1995. An…
Current Russian Views on US-Russian Security Relations and Military Reform
I recently returned from a research trip to Moscow and wanted to pass on some impressions. While there, I conducted interviews on two different issues: military reform and political party…