Policy Memos | Аналитика 108

Power Surge? Russia’s Power Ministries from Yeltsin to Putin and Beyond

The “rise of the siloviki” has become a standard framework for analyzing Russian politics under President Vladimir Putin. According to this view, the main difference between Putin’s rule and that…

Causes and Consequences of Corruption in Putin’s Russia

In September 2006, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that an inability to make much progress in the battle against corruption was one of his administration’s greatest failures. In fact, rising…

An Opening in Uzbekistan

May 2008 marked the three-year anniversary of the tragic Andijon events in Uzbekistan’s Fergana Valley. My understanding of these events is informed by discussions with Uzbek colleagues both within and…

Uzbekistan: The Risks and Responsibilities of Democracy Promotion

July 23, 2012

A disturbing question about the massacre that occurred in Uzbekistan three days after President Bush praised “people power” in Tbilisi is whether the demonstration effect of the movements that unseated…

Russian State Nationalism vs. Local Nationalisms: The Case of Tatarstan

Tatarstan, an autonomous ethnic republic within the Russian Federation where traditionally Muslim Tatars make up just over half the population, was at the forefront of nationalist mobilization in the late…

Maintaining Control: Putin’s Strategy for Holding Power Past 2008

There is little question that Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin is developing a strategy to preserve power beyond the 2007-2008 election cycle. There is also little question that neither his potential political rivals nor…

Has Russia Achieved a Victory in Its War Against Terror?

Russia launched its own war against terror in September 1999 when the country, shocked by twin bomb attacks in Moscow, made a contract with newly appointed prime minister Vladimir Putin.…

Original Sin, Good Works, and Property Rights in Russia

Are property rights obtained through legally dubious means forever tainted with original sin, or can rightholders make their ill-gotten gains legitimate by doing good works? Answers to these questions have…

Enlarging the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Is Iran a Viable Member?

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) was established on June 15, 2001, by a declaration adopted by six states: China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. The SCO evolved from mechanisms…

May 9th and Russia: Past, Present and Future

History is complicated, and important. One of my dearest friends was born in a refugee camp in Germany after the war: her family was one of the lucky ones that…

Chairing the G8: Russian Energy and Great Power Aspirations

At the start of 2005, Russia hit a low in its international relations. Awkward interference in the Orange Revolution in Ukraine resulted in serious tensions with the European Union. The…

The Fair Sex in an Unfair System: The Gendered Effects of Putin’s Political Reforms

In September 2004, in the aftermath of the devastating terrorist attack on a public school in Beslan, North Ossetia, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a series of proposed changes to…

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