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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…

Russia’s Gordian Knot: Radical Nationalism, the North Caucasus, and Migration

With the legislative and presidential campaign of 2011-2012, Russia is entering a phase of uncertainty, and debates that have hitherto been reserved for the establishment have become ever more visible.…

Russia as an Energy Power between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia

In May 2009, Russia’s National Security Strategy discussed energy for the first time, outlining the country’s opportunities and challenges in the international energy market within the framework of broader security…

Is Yanukovych’s Model of Governance Drifting toward Russian Shores?

In the second round of Ukraine’s February 2010 presidential election, Viktor Yanukovych defeated Yulia Tymoshenko by a slim margin (49 to 45.5 percent). As Yanukovych’s Party of Regions (PoR) did…

Estonia and Russia Through a Three-Way Mirror: Views of the Post-Soviet Generation

Co-authors: Heather Conley, Lucy Moore Twenty years after independence, Estonia has joined the European Union, NATO, and, most recently, the Eurozone. Yet the country continues to struggle in its relationship…

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