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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.

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.

Don't Lose Russia

Gary Hart | Mar 01, 2007
A former U.S. senator offers tough-love advice on Russia to the Democrats.
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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.

Fixing Russia Cooperation After Boston

Matthew Rojansky | May 02, 2013
Why relations fell apart—and how to put them back together.

This Man Is Not the Next President of Russia

Mark Adomanis | Apr 24, 2013
Alexey Navalny is being persecuted for his political beliefs. But he's not about to replace Putin.
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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

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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