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The Role for US Democracy Assistance: Helping Build Parties from the Bottom Up

Despite the extraordinary development of the Russian political party system over the past ten years of political transition, parties themselves remain elite-dominated organizations with little connection to societal interests. This…

The Clinton-Putin Summit and the Ultimate Security Issue: Democracy in Russia

The centerpiece of President Clinton's June meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be strengthening national security. The Administration plans to do this by focusing on nuclear weapons and National…

Foreign Policy Under Putin: Pro-Western Pragmatism Might Be a Greater Challenge to the West

As Russia prepares for early presidential elections, the foreign policy strategy of the most likely winner–acting President Vladimir Putin–is the subject of much speculation. Will he be pro- or anti-Western?…

The Prospects for ABM Treaty Modification

Since August 1999, the US-Russian START III/ABM Treaty talks have not shown evidence of any progress. At these talks, Moscow consistently refused discussing modification of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty…

A History of the ABM Treaty in Russia

In the current debate about the future of the ABM treaty, Russia's official position is that the treaty is "the cornerstone of strategic stability" and therefore an attempt to modify…

The Dynamics of US-Russian Relations: A Critical Perspective

I would like to suggest–and I don't know if this goes against the grain or with the grain–that we've very badly mismanaged US-Russian relations. I will focus my remarks on…

New Challenges to US-Russian Relations

The end of the "honeymoon" period between the United States and Russia has left US-Russian relations in a state of volatile ambiguity. The two countries need to quickly work out…

Promoting Activism or Professionalism in Russia’s Civil Society?

Most scholars and development professionals agree that a stable democracy requires a strong civil society. For this reason, many assistance agencies rightfully have made promoting civil society a key objective…

Arms Control in the Context of Current US-Russian Relations

The war in Kosovo may be the final nail in the coffin for the sputtering US-Russia bilateral arms control process. Deep cuts in nuclear weapons, an anticipated dividend of the…

Globalization and American Policy Toward Russia

This memo deals with globalization and its implications for US policy toward Russia. Accordingly, the first order of business is a brief working definition. As used here globalization has three…

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