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Russian Foreign Policy in Post-Soviet Space: New Priorities for New Challenges?

Moscow’s active and unprecedented direct support of Viktor Yanukovych in the Ukrainian presidential elections highlights recent changes in Russian policy toward the post-Soviet states. This new approach has raised numerous questions and…

Realism, Russia, and Conflict Resolution

July 23, 2012

In 2004, distinct shifts in Georgian and Moldovan conflict resolution efforts sharply underlined the functions of Russian support to the breakaway regions of South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and Transdniestria. Russian patronage…

Putin: A New de Gaulle?

In the weeks leading up to his election as president of Russia in March 2000, journalists asked Vladimir Putin which political leaders he found “most interesting.” They took his first answer, Napoleon…

Walking on Thin Ice: Putin’s Rapprochement with the United States on the Background of the Latent Anti-Americanism in Russia

The United States—although it attracts many immigrants and students from all over the world and its lifestyle is widely emulated—is also an object of intense and widespread hatred. The apparent…

Leadership Succession in the Russian Federation: After 2008?

In just over five years, Vladimir Putin will be constitutionally obliged to step down as Russia’s president. Although Putin’s popularity rating remains in the 70–85 percent range, and his reelection…

Europe’s Eastern Dimension: Russia’s Reaction to Poland’s Initiative

The process of European Union enlargement dictates two important and interrelated changes in EU–Russia relations. The first is geographic, as the EU’s borders have pushed eastward to Russia. Second, there is…

Vostok – 2003 War Games: Preparing to Defend a Nigeria on the Pacific

From August 18 to 27, 2003, Russia staged the largest military exercises since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Code-named Vostok-2003, the war games were staged in the training zone of the…

Russia Between ‘Old’ and ‘New’ Europe: New Policy Articulations

A number of recent developments have sharpened the interest in Europe’s eastern margins where Russia finds itself in direct contact with NATO and the EU. The accession of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia…

Does Central Bank Independence Matter in Russia?

According to conventional wisdom, since taking office in March 2000 Russian president Vladimir Putin has adopted a two-pronged policy of political centralization and economic liberalization. Russia’s banking system, however, has…

Quod Licet Iovi: Preemptive Use of Military Force in Russian Foreign Policy

In August-September 2002, Russia appeared to have a short romance with the U.S. policy of preemption, which was annoucned months before and made official in the National Security Strategy issued…

The Antagonizing of the Educated and the Skilled: New Source of Security Threat in Russia

Since the end of Yeltsin’s reign the debate waged in the Western academic and policy communities over the outcome of reforms in Russia has gradually subsided. The focus of security…

Why Did Lukoil Really Pull Out of the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli Oilfield?

July 23, 2012

In late November 2002, Russia’s largest oil company, Lukoil, created a flurry of speculation over its decision to withdraw from the Azerbaijan International Operating Company (AIOC), a major Caspian oil consortium. Given…

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