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Politics of Russia

Putin and the Uses of History

Fiona Hill
Clifford G. Gaddy
| Jan 04, 2012
“I do not need to prove anything to anyone,” declared Vladimir Putin. Convinced he is the steward of his country’s future, Putin masters Russia’s history—and seeks to manipulate it.

Two-Part Czar

Peter Reddaway | Apr 27, 2009
The Russian leadership lives in a tension-ridden house. Putin and Medvedev’s tandem system is beginning to falter. The recession has exposed frictions between the two men and revealed Putin’s inadequacies...

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

Running on Empty

J. Robinson West | Apr 25, 2008
We may well need to be worried, we're running out of gas while choosing the next president to sit in the driver's seat.

A Pipeline Runs Through It

Jonathan Haslam | Dec 12, 2007
With Russia in the driver’s seat on energy issues, Europe should worry about running on empty. For more on the Russian elections, the internal state of the country and Vladimir Putin's nomination of a successor, check out our
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Commentary

The Anti-Putin Campaign

Andranik Migranyan | Jan 09, 2012
How a small group of committed elites plans to prevent Putin from returning to the presidency.

Behind the Clinton-Putin Face-Off

Paul J. Saunders | Dec 12, 2011
The recent State Duma election—and especially Clinton's response to it—suggests that the United States is profoundly disconnected from Russia’s electorate.

What the Recent Russian Elections Really Mean

Andranik Migranyan | Dec 09, 2011
Why liberals must let go of their blinding anti-Putinism and the naive notion that what is bad for Putin is good for them.
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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.

Who Won the War?

Geoffrey Smith | Mar 01, 2005
In the Cold War, Reagan overreached--and hit the mark.

Dreaming Europe in a Wide-Awake World

James C. Bennett | Dec 01, 2004
When it comes to Europe's gilded future, success is always just around the corner. Europeanists need to wake up--or risk being left behind by an unlikely coalition.
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