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Dmitry Medvedev

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.

The Road to Moscow

Gary Hart
Dimitri K. Simes
| Apr 27, 2009
Since the end of the cold war, American foreign policy toward Russia has been dismissive of Russian interests. Acknowledging that a country has separate aims does not mean we cannot work toward common goals.

Putin's Third Way

Clifford G. Gaddy
Barry W. Ickes
| Jan 21, 2009
With the rise in oil prices and a conservative fiscal policy, Russia turned from a debtor nation into an economic powerhouse, creating a compromise between the excesses of the free market and the inefficiencies of a command economy

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.

Notes from the Balkans

Gordon N. Bardos | Jul 01, 2007
The United States should not balk at getting more deeply involved in the volatile Balkans: a well-crafted foreign policy could yield real results.
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Commentary

Putin's Unsteady Year

Will Pomeranz | May 07, 2013
It's been exactly one year since his return to the presidency, and he's finding it harder the third time around.

Moscow's Cyprus Defeat

Ariel Cohen
Ben Tigay
| Mar 27, 2013
The European bailout plan hurt Russian accounts and Russian influence.

Russia Responds to U.S. by Punishing Orphans

Ariel Cohen | Jan 08, 2013
The new antiadoption law harms Russia's interests. It's also plain mean.
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Blogs

Yuri Luzhkov Gets Stung By Medvedev

Jacob Heilbrunn | Sep 29, 2010
The firing of Moscow's mayor is reminiscent of past Russian housecleaning.

Books & Reviews

Missiles Over Tskhinvali

Thomas de Waal | Apr 20, 2010
Last summer, Russia and Georgia came to blows. Tbilisi’s pro-American president believed NATO would protect him in a fight with the big, bad bear.

Revolutionary Nepotism

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

European Hamiltonians

Max Beloff | Jun 01, 1995
François Duchêne, Jean Monnet: The First Statesman of Interdependence (New York: W.

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