Russia 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.

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.

Living Dangerously, Georgian-Style

Dimitri K. Simes | Oct 05, 2006
In a new blog post, TNI Publisher Dimitri K. Simes examines the ongoing crisis between Russia and Georgia—and the damage it could do to U.S.-Russian relations.

Vladimir Putin on Russian Energy Policy

Harley Balzer | Dec 01, 2005
Could Russia contribute to America's energy security?

Rejecting Russia?

Nikolas K. Gvosdev
Dimitri K. Simes
| Jun 01, 2005
Why, with all the problems the United States faces in the world, are some eager to provoke a new confrontation  between Washington and Moscow?

A Strategic Defense Initiative

Carnes Lord | Jun 01, 2004
This is not your father's "Star Wars." Missile Defense is real, it's coming, and it will be a indispensible instrument of American power.

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