Dr. Yegor Gaidar speaks on Russia's economic and political future. Listen to audio from the event.
The Kyrgyz opposition desires the resignation of the Akaev regime. After crackdowns, blatant restrictions of media freedoms, and a growing possibility of civil war, one would expect the United States to rush to the aid of Kyrgyzstan. Rather, it seems that the U.S. involvement in the country looks to do nothing more than preserve the status quo.
The precipitous decline of Russian power and influence in the world may stand as the most significant development for international relations of the last quarter of the 20th century. Never in modern history has a great power fallen so far so fast during peacetime.
On Thursday, May 16, Carnegie Senior Associate Martha Brill Olcott chaired a discussion with Dr. Vladimir Mau on "Contemporary Russia: Revolutionary Past and Post-Industrial Future." Dr. Mau is a prolific writer, economist, and commentator. He is the recent co-author of the highly received, The Challenge of Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2001 with Irina Starodubrovskaia).
The clash between liberals and conservatives in China is not unique. Reform in socialist-totalitarian states involves liberal factions, which in turn trigger a conservative backlash. Consequently, liberal-conservative conflict is necessarily a feature of reform in socialist regimes.