Understanding the Impact of the K2 Closure
On July 29, 2005, President Islam Karimov ordered the U.S. military facility at Karshi-Khanabad (K2), Uzbekistan to close down within 180 days. It now appears virtually certain that U.S. forces…
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Avoiding the Great Game and Domestic Unrest in Eurasia
Central Asia’s growing instability has opened the region to a host of would-be political entrepreneurs. The March and May 2005 uprisings in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan underscored the weakness of Eurasian…
Alternative Interpretation of the Russian-Ukrainian Gas Crisis
The month-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the price of Russian gas has pitted images against policy. In recent years, the image of Russia has been largely negative while…
Did the Russians Aid Saddam Hussein’s War Effort?
A lengthy study issued by the U.S. Defense Department in March 2006 has sparked allegations that Russian officials helped Saddam Hussein defend against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq three years…
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…
Russia and the Prompt Global Strike Plan
Prompt Global Strike is a concept the U.S. military has been developing since the start of the decade. Its goal is to give the U.S. military the capability to attack…
The United States and the Ukrainian Election Political Crisis
Clearly there is a need to analyze in close detail, both in content and essence, the evolution of the U.S. position toward the recent Ukrainian election political crisis. Much has…
The U.S.-EU-Russian Nonproliferation Triangle
On the surface, the war on terror has brought the issue of WMD proliferation to the top of the list of national security concerns for the United States, Russia, and…
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…