Russia & Eurasia

The Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Program has, since the end of the Cold War, led the field on Eurasian security, including strategic nuclear weapons and nonproliferation, development, economic and social issues, governance, and the rule of law.
 
In the spotlight
 

Opportunities and Challenges Confronting Russian Oil

Russia has diverse oil resources, but current policies encourage the extraction of the dirtiest fuels. A more economically and environmentally sound approach is needed.

Abkhazia, the Comfortable Conflict Zone

Despite its continued diplomatic isolation, heavy reliance on Russian aid, and uncertain future, the breakaway territory of Abkhazia has entered a period of relative normalcy as the country looks increasingly inwards.

A Euro-Atlantic Action Plan for Cooperation and Enhanced Arctic Security

Climate change is making it increasingly likely that the Arctic will be developed for commercial purposes. This underscores the need for the Arctic countries to cooperate to prevent conflict and to defend the interests of the indigenous populations living in the region.

Fixing Russia Cooperation After Boston

After the Boston bombings it should be clearer than ever before that the United States needs fulsome security partnerships with other countries.

Priorities for Russia-U.S. Relations

Deepening economic engagement and making progress on missile defense should be central policy priorities for Russia and the United States in their bilateral relations.

 
  • Article
    A New Narrative for the Karabakh Conflict
    Thomas de Waal June 19, 2013

    There are hidden reservoirs of compromise and consensus between Armenians and Azerbaijanis that are being ignored and can be the basis for a peace agreement—if anyone cares to look for them.

     
  • Article
    Opportunities and Challenges Confronting Russian Oil

    Russia has diverse oil resources, but current policies encourage the extraction of the dirtiest fuels. A more economically and environmentally sound approach is needed.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Abkhazia, the Comfortable Conflict Zone
    Thomas de Waal May 28, 2013 National Interest

    Despite its continued diplomatic isolation, heavy reliance on Russian aid, and uncertain future, the breakaway territory of Abkhazia has entered a period of relative normalcy as the country looks increasingly inwards.

     
  • Article
    Can Russia and the West End Syria's Chaos?
    Marc Pierini May 14, 2013

    The permanent members of the UN Security Council must work together to transform the fragile U.S.-Russian step toward peace in Syria into a full agreement.

     
  • Other Publications
    A Euro-Atlantic Action Plan for Cooperation and Enhanced Arctic Security
    Ross Virginia, Michael Sfraga, James Collins, Kenneth Yalowitz May 14, 2013 Conference Report and Recommendations to the Arctic Council and Interested Parties

    Climate change is making it increasingly likely that the Arctic will be developed for commercial purposes. This underscores the need for the Arctic countries to cooperate to prevent conflict and to defend the interests of the indigenous populations living in the region.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Hands Across the Melting Ice
    Kenneth Yalowitz, Ross Virginia, James Collins May 13, 2013 International Herald Tribune

    The Arctic states of North America, Europe, and Russia, working with indigenous peoples and a number of non-Arctic states, have taken steps to ensure that the Arctic remains a zone of cooperation, peace, and sustainable development.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Russia’s New Tip of the Spear
    Dmitri Trenin May 8, 2013 FOREIGN POLICY

    The formation of a Russian Special Operations Command is meant to counteract any threats that an increasingly volatile Syria and an unstable Afghanistan will pose to the Russian state.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Fixing Russia Cooperation After Boston
    Matthew Rojansky May 2, 2013 National Interest

    After the Boston bombings it should be clearer than ever before that the United States needs fulsome security partnerships with other countries.

     
  • Other Publications
    The Search for Security in the Caucasus
    Thomas de Waal April 29, 2013 Keynote Presentation at the Rose Roth Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia

    The persistent insecurity in the Caucasus requires a shift of strategy from conflict resolution to conflict transformation.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Russia Must Let the World Into Chechnya
    Thomas de Waal April 23, 2013 Financial Times

    The North Caucasus, home of a low-level Islamist insurgency, is easily Europe’s worst conflict zone. Moscow has lost authority over the territory—but no one else has gained it.

     
  • Article
    A New Narrative for the Karabakh Conflict
    Thomas de Waal June 19, 2013

    There are hidden reservoirs of compromise and consensus between Armenians and Azerbaijanis that are being ignored and can be the basis for a peace agreement—if anyone cares to look for them.

     
  • Article
    Opportunities and Challenges Confronting Russian Oil

    Russia has diverse oil resources, but current policies encourage the extraction of the dirtiest fuels. A more economically and environmentally sound approach is needed.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Abkhazia, the Comfortable Conflict Zone
    Thomas de Waal May 28, 2013 National Interest

    Despite its continued diplomatic isolation, heavy reliance on Russian aid, and uncertain future, the breakaway territory of Abkhazia has entered a period of relative normalcy as the country looks increasingly inwards.

     
  • Article
    Can Russia and the West End Syria's Chaos?
    Marc Pierini May 14, 2013

    The permanent members of the UN Security Council must work together to transform the fragile U.S.-Russian step toward peace in Syria into a full agreement.

     
  • Other Publications
    A Euro-Atlantic Action Plan for Cooperation and Enhanced Arctic Security
    Ross Virginia, Michael Sfraga, James Collins, Kenneth Yalowitz May 14, 2013 Conference Report and Recommendations to the Arctic Council and Interested Parties

    Climate change is making it increasingly likely that the Arctic will be developed for commercial purposes. This underscores the need for the Arctic countries to cooperate to prevent conflict and to defend the interests of the indigenous populations living in the region.

     
  • Event
    North Caucasus Under the Spotlight
    Jean-Francois Ratelle, Thomas de Waal, Alexey Malashenko, Almut Rochowanski May 14, 2013 Washington, DC

    Since the Boston Marathon bombings, Russia’s relationship with its Muslim minorities has become the focus of intense scrutiny in the West.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Hands Across the Melting Ice
    Kenneth Yalowitz, Ross Virginia, James Collins May 13, 2013 International Herald Tribune

    The Arctic states of North America, Europe, and Russia, working with indigenous peoples and a number of non-Arctic states, have taken steps to ensure that the Arctic remains a zone of cooperation, peace, and sustainable development.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Russia’s New Tip of the Spear
    Dmitri Trenin May 8, 2013 FOREIGN POLICY

    The formation of a Russian Special Operations Command is meant to counteract any threats that an increasingly volatile Syria and an unstable Afghanistan will pose to the Russian state.

     
  • Op-Ed
    Fixing Russia Cooperation After Boston
    Matthew Rojansky May 2, 2013 National Interest

    After the Boston bombings it should be clearer than ever before that the United States needs fulsome security partnerships with other countries.

     
  • Other Publications
    The Search for Security in the Caucasus
    Thomas de Waal April 29, 2013 Keynote Presentation at the Rose Roth Conference in Tbilisi, Georgia

    The persistent insecurity in the Caucasus requires a shift of strategy from conflict resolution to conflict transformation.

     

Al-Farabi Carnegie Program on Central Asia

Carnegie Ukraine Program

U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission

Carnegie Experts on Russia & Eurasia

  • James Collins
    Director, Russia and Eurasia Program;
    Diplomat in Residence

    Ambassador Collins was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Middle East.

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  • Thomas de Waal
    Senior Associate
    Russia and Eurasia Program

    De Waal is a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment, specializing primarily in the South Caucasus region comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia and their breakaway territories as well as the wider Black Sea region.

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  • Martha Brill Olcott
    Senior Associate
    Russia and Eurasia Program and
    Co-director
    al-Farabi Carnegie Program on Central Asia

    Olcott is professor emerita at Colgate University, having taught political science there from 1974 to 2002. Prior to her work at the endowment, Olcott served as a special consultant to former secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger.

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  • Matthew Rojansky
    Deputy Director
    Russia and Eurasia Program

    Rojansky, formerly executive director of the Partnership for a Secure America, is an expert on U.S. and Russian national security and nuclear-weapon policies.

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  • Dmitri Trenin
    Director
    Moscow Center

    Dmitri Trenin, director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, has been with the center since its inception. He also chairs the research council and the Foreign and Security Policy Program.

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  • Andrew S. Weiss
    Vice President for Studies

    Weiss is vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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The Carnegie Russia and Eurasia Program has, since the end of the Cold War, led the field of Eurasian security, including strategic nuclear weapons and nonproliferation, development, economic and social issues, governance, and the rule of law.

 
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