The U.S.-EU-Russian Nonproliferation Triangle
On the surface, the war on terror has brought the issue of WMD proliferation to the top of the list of national security concerns for the United States, Russia, and…
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Depoliticizing Manas: The Domestic Consequences of the U.S. Military Presence in Kyrgyzstan
Over three years since the United States established military bases in Central Asia to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), the military installation at Manas airport continues to define many aspects…
On Double Standards: Toward Strategic Liberalism in U.S. Russia Policy
Over the past year, perhaps no single theme has become more prominent among Russian diplomats, officials, and journalists commenting on relations with the United States than the refrain that the…
A Velvet Divorce
In 2005, it became clear that the recent cooling of Russian-Western relations does not represent a short-term phenomena, and might dominate the foreign policy landscape until Russian and U.S. presidential…
Geopolitics and Neo-containment, as well as Common Security: Russian Views of Proliferation
A premise of U.S.-Russian security cooperation is that the two countries define security threats and the means to combat them in complementary, if perhaps not identical, ways. Cooperation requires some…
Difficult Engagements: Political Lessons from the K2 Experience
In July 2005, the government of Uzbekistan expelled the United States from the Karshi-Khanabad (K2) air base from which U.S. forces had conducted reconnaissance and support missions for Operation Enduring…
Understanding the Impact of the K2 Closure
On July 29, 2005, President Islam Karimov ordered the U.S. military facility at Karshi-Khanabad (K2), Uzbekistan to close down within 180 days. It now appears virtually certain that U.S. forces…
Avoiding the Great Game and Domestic Unrest in Eurasia
Central Asia’s growing instability has opened the region to a host of would-be political entrepreneurs. The March and May 2005 uprisings in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan underscored the weakness of Eurasian…
Alternative Interpretation of the Russian-Ukrainian Gas Crisis
The month-long conflict between Russia and Ukraine over the price of Russian gas has pitted images against policy. In recent years, the image of Russia has been largely negative while…
Did the Russians Aid Saddam Hussein’s War Effort?
A lengthy study issued by the U.S. Defense Department in March 2006 has sparked allegations that Russian officials helped Saddam Hussein defend against the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq three years…