Policy Memos | Аналитика 89

Yawning through the Arab Spring: Resilient Regimes in Central Asia and the Caucasus

In the weeks and months after the January 25 Revolution in Egypt, there was hope among commentators and opposition figures that some post-Soviet regimes might be equally susceptible to uprisings…

American Lessons: On the Path Toward Russian ‘Progressivism’

Russia needs its own Progressive Era. Let us be honest: many of the current problems of the Russian state and Russian governance were present in the United States prior to…

Direct Impact: The Influence of the Arab Spring on the Circassian World

The Arab Spring is an interregional and multinational event, with many ethnic minorities participating from afar and in situ—the Jewish community in Tunisia, Copts in Egypt, Berbers in Libya, Darfuris…

Mission Impossible: Modernization in Russia after the Global Financial Crisis

After the global financial crisis, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev made modernization the centerpiece of his economic policy agenda. Most importantly, modernization meant diversifying the Russian economy to become less dependent…

GLONASS: Problems and Challenges

Russia‟s Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) is expected to become fully operational this year. Heavily endorsed in recent years by both members of the ruling tandem, it was designed…

Russian Unions’ Political Ambitions after the Elections

Co-author: Irina Olimpieva The growing politicization of Russian labor unions in recent years reached a peak after the December 2011 parliamentary and March 2012 presidential elections, when both official and alternative…

Ending Bilateral U.S.-Russian Strategic Arms Control

For more than 40 years, negotiators from Moscow and Washington have engaged in countless meetings about strategic arms control. Several bilateral agreements resulted from these talks during the Cold War,…

Why Russia Supports Repressive Regimes in Syria and the Middle East

In recent months, Russia (with Chinese support) has increasingly staked out a strong position in support of the Assad regime in Syria. As Syria’s allies dwindle, Russia has become its…

The New European Missile Defense Architecture: Is There a Place for Ukraine?

U.S. President Barack Obama rejected his predecessor’s proposed ballistic missile defense system in Europe and substituted it with a localized theater system. This was generally understood to be a significant…

The Syria Crisis and the Making of Russia’s Foreign Policy

Russia’s policy on the Syria crisis has been a litmus test revealing the more general pattern of Russian foreign policy thinking and behavior. This policy can hardly be understood fully…

Nuclear Weapon Disagreements within NATO: Sources and Implications

In the last few years, debates within NATO on the future of the Alliance’s nuclear policy have gone through a number of twists and turns. The adoption of the new…

The Baltic Countries after Two Decades of Independence: Achievements, Setbacks, Internal Challenges

The three Baltic countries—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—endured many hardships in the half century from 1939 to 1991: the initial Soviet occupation, mass deportations to the Gulag in 1941, the German…

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