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Russia’s Energy Policy: Between Security and Transparency

An impressive variety of approaches to energy as a subject of international politics can be divided largely into two clusters, based on concepts of security and transparency. These two concepts…

‘Unrecognized States’ in Russia’s Domestic and Foreign Policy

Predictably, the recognition of Kosovo’s independence by the United States and most members of the European Union was followed by pronounced appeals for recognition from three of the four “unrecognized…

National Security Implications of Russia’s Health and Demographic Crisis

The dimensions and contours of Russia's health and demographic situation are relatively well known. Beginning in the 1960s, the Soviet Union and now Russia have experienced dramatic declines in population,…

A Year After the Color Revolutions: Preemptive Authoritarianism and Challenges for Democratization in the Former Soviet Union

In 1989, citizens across central Europe went to the streets to bring down communist dictatorships and assert their right to live in free societies. More than a decade later, people…

Linkages Between Terrorist and Organized Crime Groups in Nuclear Smuggling: A Case Study of Chelyabinsk Oblast

An analysis of the cities in Russia’s Chelyabinsk oblast where weapons of mass destruction are researched and produced reveals that there are increasing threats that terrorist groups could use existing…

Hitler’s Cause is Alive and Well in Former Stalingrad

The city of Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, is the site of one of the most significant battles of World War II. To this day, the Battle of Stalingrad, in which approximately…

Ukraine Between a Multivector Foreign Policy and Euro-Atlantic Integration: Has It Made Its Choice?

The 2006 return of Viktor Yanukovych to the post of Ukrainian prime minister has again raised questions about the direction of Ukraine’s foreign policy. Will Ukraine continue along the path…

NATO’s Role in the Wider Black Sea Area

The scope of actors currently engaged in the Wider Black Sea Area (WBSA) is unparalleled for the region. It includes not only states but a number of international organizations, blocs,…

What President Bush Should Say to President Putin in Bratislava

As the world was gripped by political events in Ukraine late in 2004, I watched in amazement as President Vladimir Putin of Russia painted himself and his country into a…

Ukraine’s Search for a Regional Foreign Policy: One Year After the Orange Revolution

The Borjomi declaration of Ukraine and Georgia in August 2005, and the first summit of the widely-announced Community for Democratic Choice (CDC) scheduled for December 1-2, 2005, have set an…

Illicit Drug Trafficking and Islamic Terrorism as Threats to Russian Security: The Limits of the Linkage

The post-9/11 war against terrorism has increased international attention to illicit drug business as a source of terrorist financing. For politicians and the media, the contentious term narcoterrorism has become…

The Fourth Russian Empire?

Forget about transitions. In Russia, the transition from Communism was over in late 1993, after former president Boris Yeltsin prevailed in battles against his rivals in parliament, in the provinces,…

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