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Revenge of the Administrative System: The Primakov-Luzhkov Silver Lining

At first glance, the probable political victory of the Primakov-Luzhkov duo in the wake of the failure of liberal reforms in Russia looks like a regressive return to the bureaucratic…

The Death of Arms Control: Popular Myths About What Russia Can and Will Do

To some, the title of this memo might seem an overstatement. After all, Russia is engaged in two sets of important arms control negotiations. The CFE-2 talks are nearing completion and the…

Russia, Serbia and the West Redux

In 1877-1878, Russia fought a war against Turkey to help its Slav allies, especially Serbia, throw off the yoke of the Ottoman empire. Russia went to war at a time when…

Assessing the Impact of Elections on Democratic Consolidation

US, NGO and Russian efforts to build effective political parties in Russia have met with limited success. Despite the clear potential for Russian parties to foster elite cooperation over policy…

Dagestan and Chechnya: Russia’s Self-Defeating Wars

In the Russian North Caucasus history repeats itself again and again, always as tragedy. Russia's leaders seem incapable of grasping the subtle complexities of politics in Dagestan and Chechnya, despite…

How Kosovo Empowers the Russian Military

The Russian military is gaining influence within Russia as a result of NATO involvement in Kosovo. The crisis is providing a pretext for the military to increase its leverage over politicians and…

The Invisible Fist: Russia’s Criminal Predators Against Markets and Themselves

How big and how real is the Russian mafia? I propose to treat it as a sociobiological object that occupies a place in food chains, with its proper morphology and…

The Federation Council and Representation of Regional Interests

The Federation Council, the upper chamber of the Russian parliament (also referred to as the "senate,") plays a number of different roles. It is an instrument for reconciling the interests…

Russian Views on Kosovo: Synopsis of May 6 Panel Discussion

On the 6th of May five members of the Program on New Approaches to Russian Security (PONARS) discussed Russian views on Kosovo for a panel at the Kennedy School of Government…

Russian Entrepreneurship After the 1998 Crisis

More than one year has passed since the financial and economic crisis of autumn 1998. How do Russian entrepreneurs struggle through these critical moments? Who are the winners and losers…

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