The Non-Proliferation Treaty as a Conditional Norm
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is an explicitly discriminatory treaty. It enshrines the right of a handful of “Nuclear Weapons States” (NWS)—the five that had tested…
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The U.S.-Russia ‘Reset’: A Skeptical View
It has been more than two years since the Barack Obama administration initiated its so-called reset in the United States’ relations with the Russian Federation. Some might argue that it…
These Colors May Run: The Backlash Against the U.S.-Backed ‘Democratic Revolutions’ in Eurasia
The victory of Viktor Yanukovych in the second round of Ukraine’s 2010 presidential election has been widely portrayed as a rebuke of the 2004 Orange Revolution and the pro-Western alignment…
Kyiv and Tbilisi: No Longer Washington’s Favorites?
Since Barack Obama has come to power, the United States has not fundamentally distanced itself from Ukraine and Georgia or, as some critics would have it, abandoned them to their…
What’s In Store For Color Revolutions? Managing a New Rise of Discontent in a Time of Crisis
The angry and hopeless demonstrations in the streets of Tehran last June did not resemble the enthusiastic “happenings” on Kyiv’s maidan (main square) in November 2004. However, successive eruptions of…
New Actors, Old Obstacles: Security Cooperation in Eurasia
The main obstacle to developing an appropriate security architecture for post-Soviet Eurasia are the number of perceptual and conceptual gaps that exist among the actors involved. Major states and regional…
Iran and Afghanistan: Cross Border Security Challenges, Conflict Management, and Iran-U.S. Relations
Political, security, and humanitarian developments at the intersection of the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia are interrelated to such an extent that one issue or country cannot be adequately addressed…
Depoliticizing Manas: The Domestic Consequences of the U.S. Military Presence in Kyrgyzstan
Over three years since the United States established military bases in Central Asia to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), the military installation at Manas airport continues to define many aspects…
On Double Standards: Toward Strategic Liberalism in U.S. Russia Policy
Over the past year, perhaps no single theme has become more prominent among Russian diplomats, officials, and journalists commenting on relations with the United States than the refrain that the…
A Velvet Divorce
In 2005, it became clear that the recent cooling of Russian-Western relations does not represent a short-term phenomena, and might dominate the foreign policy landscape until Russian and U.S. presidential…