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Putinism

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.

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

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.
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Commentary

Resetting the Russian Reset in 2012

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Nov 17, 2011
Washington-Moscow relations will change dramatically in 2012. The relationship's future is largely in Putin's hands.

Engaging the Post-Soviet Generation in Russia

Matthew Rojansky | Oct 21, 2011
The West misunderstands Russian youth. Closing this gap will be the key to the reset.

What's Next for Medvedev?

Matthew Rojansky | Oct 03, 2011
A look at what becomes of a liberal ex-president in a decidedly illiberal state like Russia.
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Blogs

Prosperity and Protest in Russia and Beyond

Paul R. Pillar | Dec 12, 2011
The disconnect between liberalizing economics and authoritarian politics is shaking Russia. China will be next.

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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