What President Bush Should Say to President Putin in Bratislava
As the world was gripped by political events in Ukraine late in 2004, I watched in amazement as President Vladimir Putin of Russia painted himself and his country into a…
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Wallander
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May 9th and Russia: Past, Present and Future
History is complicated, and important. One of my dearest friends was born in a refugee camp in Germany after the war: her family was one of the lucky ones that…
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…
The Politics of Russian AIDS Policy
Although the number of scholars with expertise on HIV/AIDS in Russia remains small, it is growing, and, as a result, there is a growing body of research and published knowledge…
Helping Russia Cope with AIDS
Earlier in 2004, I sat with Seryozha, Ivan, Sveta, and Misha* drinking tea. We were in the social room of one of St. Petersburg’s most important unknown achievements: an AIDS…
Security Cooperation, Russia, and NATO
President Vladimir Putin’s decision to support the U.S. war against terrorism was not quite the complete turnaround in Russian foreign policy that has been portrayed in the Western media. Putin…
Russia’s Relationship with China After September 11
Putin’s decision that Russia would join and actively support the U.S. fight against international terrorism potentially changes to a very significant degree Russia’s constellation of relations in the Far East.…
The Russia-NATO Relationship: Is It Worth Another Try?
Russia and NATO are discussing how to implement the decision taken at the North Atlantic Council (NAC) ministerial meeting on December 6, 2001 to develop new mechanisms in order to…
The Security Implications of HIV/AIDS in Russia
The growing HIV/AIDS epidemic in Russia is a national security issue. Russia’s rate of infection is the most rapid in the world, and its government is doing little to address the…
Russia’s Interest in Trading with the “Axis of Evil”
The puzzle is why a Russia that has improved its relations with the United States and Western Europe, that has supported the United States in the fight against the Taliban…