The United States from Russia to Georgia
The latest crisis in Russian-Georgian relations, precipitated by the arrest of four Russian officers in Georgia on suspicions of espionage, could put the United States in an awkward situation in…
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Causes and Consequences of Corruption in Putin’s Russia
In September 2006, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that an inability to make much progress in the battle against corruption was one of his administration’s greatest failures. In fact, rising…
Is Russia’s New Belarus Policy Emerging?
The results of the constitutional referendum in Belarus that cleared the way for prolonging the rule of the country’s current leader, Alexander Lukashenko, after 2006 when his present term in…
The Exchange Rate in a Resource-Based Economy: The Case of Russia
In 2005, Russia exported about 150 million tons of oil and 150 billion cubic meters of gas worth about $100 billion (all numbers are rounded for simplicity). The price of…
Hitler’s Cause is Alive and Well in Former Stalingrad
The city of Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, is the site of one of the most significant battles of World War II. To this day, the Battle of Stalingrad, in which approximately…
Original Sin, Good Works, and Property Rights in Russia
Are property rights obtained through legally dubious means forever tainted with original sin, or can rightholders make their ill-gotten gains legitimate by doing good works? Answers to these questions have…
Will Russian Scientists Go Rogue? A Survey on the Threat and the Impact of Western Assistance
The collapse of the Soviet Union sparked fears throughout the world that rogue nations and terrorist organizations would gain access to weapons of mass destruction (WMD). One specific concern has…
New Tasks for Traditional and New Actors in Contemporary Russia
Events of the last decade in Russia have demonstrated the increasing role of society as a whole on the conduct of policy. Although the most reliable and effective instruments of…
The Fourth Russian Empire?
Forget about transitions. In Russia, the transition from Communism was over in late 1993, after former president Boris Yeltsin prevailed in battles against his rivals in parliament, in the provinces,…
Ethnic Migration: A Challenge to Russian Border Security?
Russia is one of the world’s top destinations for migrants, mainly from post-Soviet states but also increasingly from elsewhere in Asia, especially China. While precise assessments differ, the number of…