Russia & FSU
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Essay,
JUL/AUG
2009
As it redesigns U.S. policy toward Russia, the Obama administration needs to set far more ambitious goals than it has so far -- it needs to start a comprehensive strategic dialogue.
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Snapshot,
May 20, 2009
At first, Russia reacted to the global economic crash with denial. Then came a period of reform. What follows next will likely decide the battle between the country's liberals and hardliners.
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Essay,
May/June
2009
Across the world, the free market is being overtaken by state capitalism, a system in which the state is the leading economic actor. How should the United States respond?
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Essay,
May/June
2009
The recent deterioration in relations between Russia and Ukraine should be of great concern to the West, because Ukraine’s security is critical to Europe’s stability. Ukraine must be placed back on the policy agenda as a player in its own right.
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Essay,
Mar/Apr
2009
Germany is a bridge between Russia and the West, and how Berlin chooses to deal with Moscow will set the tone for how the United States and the rest of Europe manage their own relationships with Russia.
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Essay,
Jan/Feb
2009
Autocracies such as China and Russia do not represent a sustainable alternative to liberal democracy. In fact, the pull of liberal democracy is stronger than ever.
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Essay,
Nov/Dec
2008
The August war over South Ossetia has rekindled a superpower rivalry and showed the West that Moscow no longer heeds multilateral institutions.
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Essay,
Nov/Dec
2008
The next president will have to reassess the U.S.-Russian relationship and find the right balance between pushing back and cooperating.
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Essay,
Jan/Feb
2008
A growing conventional wisdom holds that Vladimir Putin's attack on democracy has brought Russia stability and prosperity -- providing a new model of successful market authoritarianism. But the correlation between autocracy and economic growth is spurious. Autocracy's effects in Russia have in fact been negative. Whatever the gains under Putin, they would have been greater under a democratic regime.
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