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Russia, Chechnya, and the Sovereign Kadyrov

Moscow has effectively granted sovereignty over the Republic of Chechnya to its appointed leader, Ramzan Kadyrov. Despite frequent claims in some media sources that Kadyrov’s days are numbered, and despite…

The Non-Proliferation Treaty as a Conditional Norm

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) is an explicitly discriminatory treaty. It enshrines the right of a handful of “Nuclear Weapons States” (NWS)—the five that had tested…

Patriotic Upbringing in Russia: Can it Produce Good Citizens?

Over the last decade, the main trend of Russian government youth policy has been to encourage patriotic upbringing. Various official bodies, educational institutions, youth clubs, and pedagogical researchers have adhered…

Will the Financial Crisis Lead to Political Change in Russia?

It is widely accepted that the stability of Russia’s political regime and Vladimir Putin’s high approval ratings, first as president and then prime minister, have depended mainly upon a steady…

The Evolution of Siloviki Elites Federal ‘Generals’ in Russian Regions

Political and administrative elites in Russia’s regions have changed drastically in recent years. Specifically, Moscow’s management of regional (effectively “federal-regional”) positions has expanded. With fifty to seventy branches of different…

Russia and the EU: A New ‘Balance of Self-Confidence’

Most observers agree that in the latter half of the past decade, the EU-Russian relationship lacked substance, despite official parlance characterizing it as a “strategic partnership.” True, Russian energy kept…

Symbolic Politics or Real Problems: The Agenda for the Russian Elections

For many observers, almost everything concerning the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Russia (December 2011 and March 2012) is predictable. Some thus prefer to look beyond 2012 and prophesize…

Petro Power: Can Russia Use Its Energy Endowment and the World Oil System to Its Advantage?

Russia was hit hard by the drop in oil prices in the second half of 2008 and also by the financial turmoil that has since spread around the world. While…

The Circassian Question in Russian-Georgian Relations

Russian-Georgian relations have gone through many changes, but before August 2008 one constant in this relationship was the attitude toward Georgia’s territorial integrity. In 1990-91, when Georgia made its first…

EU-Russia Visa Talks: Open and Hidden Agendas

One of the most serious problems on the agenda of Russia-EU relations is the strict visa regime between Russia and the 25 European countries that share common external border controls…

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