Moscow Articles

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.

Poor Kyrgyzstan

Richard A. Slaughter | Jun 01, 2002
A snapshot of how well-intended but misguided development assistance has failed one of America's new Central Asian partners.

Living With Russia

Zbigniew Brzezinski | Sep 01, 2000
When dealing with a sick bear, coddling will not suffice. Before it can be fully accepted by the West, Russia must give up its imperial pretensions.

One Country, Two Capitals, Review of Solomon Volkov's St. Petersburg: A Cultural History

Peter Rutland | Sep 01, 1996
TThis century has seen power swing with unambiguous force from St. Petersburg to Moscow.

Asia: Skepticism about Optimism

Barry Buzan
Gerald Segal
| Mar 01, 1995
Perhaps now that Pacific Asians have moved from Marxist to market economics, the logic of economic interdependence has made arms racing and power rivalry less sensible and less likely. On balance, it is probably better for Pacific Asian stability

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