Policy Memos | Аналитика 122

Russia’s Policy in the Former Soviet Union and the New Challenges to the United States Eurasia Policy

With Vladimir Putin’s presidential inauguration in May 2000, Russian policy toward the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union began to change. By the end of 2001 these changes…

The Security Implications of HIV/AIDS in Russia

The growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russia is a national security issue. Russia’s rate of infection is the most rapid in the world, and its government is doing little to address the…

Russia’s Relationship with China After September 11

Putin’s decision that Russia would join and actively support the U.S. fight against international terrorism potentially changes to a very significant degree Russia’s constellation of relations in the Far East.…

Separately Together: U.S. and Russian Approaches to Political Settlement in Afghanistan

The sudden collapse of Taliban power in Kabul and other cities in the north of Afghanistan, followed by the liberation of most of Afghanistan from Taliban control, happened much faster…

‘Extremists and Bandits’ How Russia Views the War against Terrorism

When President Vladimir Putin picked up the phone to express his sympathy to President George W. Bush in the aftermath of September 11, and then followed-up by providing concrete assistance to the…

The Russian Navy after the Kursk: Still Proud but with Poor Navigation

Raising the giant Russian nuclear submarine Kursk after it sank on August 12, 2000, in the Barents Sea and then delivering it safely to dry dock at Roslyakovo, near Murmansk,…

Attempts under Putin to Create a Unified Economic Space in Russia

Has President Vladimir Putin made any headway in reversing the trend of decentralization (or literally disintegration) that characterized the Russian economy in the 1990s? To answer this question, this paper…

Instability in South Caucasus and the War against Terrorism

A crisis between Georgia and Russia on April 12–13, 2002, had several new, troubling features, suggesting that war between Georgia and the breakaway region of Abkhazia or, even worse, an armed conflict…

NATO, Russia, and the Baltic States

After the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, Russian president Vladimir Putin was the first foreign leader to phone President George W. Bush to express his condolences. This…

The United States’ Northern Dimension? Prospects for a U.S.-Russian Cooperative Agenda in Northern Europe

The recent terrorist attacks against the United States and the dramatic developments in the Middle East have diverted public attention from other regions where dynamic and impressive changes are occurring,…

Russia’s Interest in Trading with the “Axis of Evil”

The puzzle is why a Russia that has improved its relations with the United States and Western Europe, that has supported the United States in the fight against the Taliban…

U.S.-Russia Cooperation on Afghanistan: An Exception or a Model?

Long before the tragic events of September 2001, Afghanistan presented one of the rare cases of U.S.-Russia active bilateral cooperation on a regional security problem. This intensifying cooperation on Afghanistan…

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