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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.

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.

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.

A Low, Dishonest Decadence: A Letter from Moscow

David Satter | Jun 01, 2003
It is shortsighted to judge Russia's progress by superficial materialist measures--or have we forgotten what the Cold War was really about? At a deeper social and spiritual level, the country remains in peril.

The Political Roots of Poverty: The Economic Logic of Autocracy

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
Hilton L. Root
| Jun 01, 2002
Foreign aid misapplied can lengthen the tenure of bad governments. A guide to understanding and engaging difficult development partners.
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Commentary

Russia's Homeland Insecurity

Svetlana Babaeva | Jan 26, 2011
Think the Kremlin will do everything in its power to prevent another terrorist attack? Don't bet on it.

Ignoring Russia

Paul J. Saunders | May 11, 2010
Obama should have gone to Moscow’s Victory Day Parade. Small slights to Russia won’t help us get its cooperation on bigger issues like Iran.

The Russian Hangover

Doug Bandow | Oct 28, 2008
The party is over in Moscow—the economic crunch has reminded Russians that their nation isn’t a real great power.
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Books & Reviews

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.

The Future of Equality

Francis Fukuyama | Dec 01, 1994
Thomas Sowell's Race and Culture provides ample documentation as to the importance of culture as a component of human capital, one that is critical in determining individual and national performance. In his usual feisty way, Sowell is eager to deb
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