The states of Central Asia are of increasing strategic importance for the U.S., yet unfortunately the opportunities that U.S. policy-makers have for influencing developments in this region are relatively circumscribed.
2005 marked a turning point in the course of Russian foreign policy, certainly since 1991, and perhaps since 1985. One could call the current policy the antithesis of Gorbachev’s “new political thinking.” How has this change been reflected in the psychology of Russia's elite and the roots of its foreign policy?
Stronger diplomatic action on Iran depends heavily on the policies of Russia and China. The actions that either country takes next should be understood in light of their threat perceptions, economic interests, and the strength of the U.S.-French-German coalition.
Aleksei Kudrin, Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation, discussed the outlook for the Russian economy and previewed the St. Petersburg G-8 summit.
Nikolai Petrov, of the Carnegie Moscow Center, analyzed the recent elections to Russian regional parliaments and looked forward to national elections in 2007-2008.
Clifford Gaddy and Barry Ickes discussed the economic significance of resource rents, their distribution, and their place in the Russian political system.
Russia is not a democracy. The international community should stop pretending that Russia's deteriorating domestic politics are unrelated to Russia's increasingly antagonistic and anti-American foreign policies. The same autocratic regime is responsible for both.
Vahram Nercissiantz, Chief Economic Advisor to the President of Armenia, discussed his government's economic program.
Dmitry Trenin, one of the leading Russian international affairs experts and Deputy Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, comments on the tentative results of the Ukrainian elections in an interview with Nezavisimaya Gazeta.
The nascent Chinese-Russian entente is not news since the relationship has been steadily broadening and deepening for more than a decade. But there is increasing evidence suggesting this relationship is part of a growing global ideological conflict between consolidating democracies and dictatorships.














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