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The Kremlin Begs To Differ

Dimitri K. Simes
Paul J. Saunders
| Oct 28, 2009
One doesn’t need to be a Russian domestic radical or a foreign Russophobe to see major flaws in the way Russia is ruled. The population, however, is satisfied with the status quo...for now.

A User's Guide to the Century

Jeffrey D. Sachs | Jul 02, 2008
Jeffrey Sachs explains why the new world order of the twenty-first century is crisis-prone.

Not Your Average Banker

Robert B. Zoellick | Apr 25, 2008
TNI’s Justine A. Rosenthal sits down with World Bank Chief Robert Zoellick. On the agenda: dealing with failed states, making China a “responsible stakeholder” and rethinking international development.

Arrested Development

Benjamin W. Heineman, Jr.
Fritz Heimann
| Nov 01, 2007
If developed countries fail to effectively enforce the oecd Anti-Bribery Convention, all anti-corruption efforts in the developing world will suffer.

Lessons from the Bloc

Robert D. English | Sep 04, 2007
What the collapse of the Soviet Union should have taught us about Iraq.

In the Tsunami's Wake

Anjalika Bardalai | Mar 01, 2005
It was a human tragedy, but not an economic disaster.
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Commentary

Fixing Foreign Assistance, Improving National Security

Richard G. Lugar | Nov 26, 2007
Foreign aid plays a vital role in American foreign policy. Senator Richard Lugar gives a blueprint for improving the way Washington gives it out.

Preventing Incompetent Development

Jed Meline | Jan 30, 2007
A development professional gives an insider’s approach to reducing mistakes in foreign assistance.

Reality is Contextual: Politics and Economics in the Newly Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

Stephen Boyko | Apr 14, 2004
New books by Nikolas Gvosdev and Irakly Areshidze both view the same phenomenon-the development of two Newly Independent States (NIS) of the Former Soviet Union

Books & Reviews

Revolutionary Nepotism

Steve Sailer | Dec 01, 2003
Why "keeping it in the family" remains popular under dictatorships--and democracies.

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