Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Several factors explain why a growing number of regimes are adopting outwardly more democratic political systems: the loss of appeal of socialist systems during the 1990s, the creation of newly independent states, and the corresponding need felt by an increasing number of governments to legitimize themselves in the eyes of their citizens and of the international community.
After the 9/11 attacks and the rash of anthrax mailings, renewed attention is being paid to the risks posed by weapons of mass destruction (WMD) falling into the hands of additional states and nonstate actors. The vast majority of scenarios involving WMD proliferation invariably stems from the current insecurity characterizing the state of the Russian WMD complex, particularly its nuclear complex.
Presentation by Michael Carter, Director of the Moscow Office of the World Bank
Presentation by Yevgeny Yasin, Minister of Economy of Russia (1994-1997)
Here, Russian scholar Alexander Pikayev gives us new insights into the collapse of the negotiated nuclear reduction process as experienced in Russia.
Presentations by Martha Brill Olcott, Lilia Shevtsova, and Michael McFaul, Thomas Graham.
Presentations by Anders Aslund, Thomas Graham, and Michael McFaul.
