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The Hope of Partnership

Thu, 07 May 2009 17:15:33 -0400

Stephen Cohen is professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University and the author of several books on Russia and the Former Soviet Union. He was recently awarded the highest state honor given to foreigners, the Order of Friendship, “for his large contribution to strengthening Russian-American cooperation,” by the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. “In effect, we are in a new Cold War today and we need anti-Cold War presidents… The two sides view each other as enemies. What we have to hope for is that the leadership on both sides has the wisdom, the vision and the power to change that, because in foreign policy, more than in domestic policy, leaders matters most. If they don’t, we are in deep trouble.”

Resetting the Relationship

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:33:18 -0400

Blair Ruble is the Director of the Kennan Institute, covering Russia and the surrounding states, at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International scholars. He is also the Chair of the Comparative Urban Studies Project. “Ideology is a lens through which we all act; I don’t think there is any doubt about that. We can say that ideology might not matter, but certainly in terms of Russia and the United States we face very critical and practical issues right now. We don’t have the luxury of putting on ideological blinders and having them lead us through.”

Norman Ornstein

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 12:55:09 -0400

The Politics of Bipartisanship

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:13:48 -0400

Norman J. Ornstein is a resident scholar at AEI. He also serves as an election analyst for CBS News and writes a weekly column called "Congress Inside Out" for Roll Call newspaper. He has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, and other major publications. He is also the author of numerous books. “Today, instead of viewing the other party as adversaries they tend to think of them as the enemy. The enemy you want to destroy. And so it’s a much different dynamic. That is the real difference between now and the past.”

Stephen Blank

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:10:20 -0400

Who Should Press the Reset Button?

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 13:39:44 -0400

Dr. Stephen Blank is a Research Professor of National Security Affairs at the Strategic Studies Institute United States Army War College, specializing in Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe. His two most recent books are Russo-Chinese Energy Relations: Politics in Command, and Natural Allies?: Regional Security in Asia and Prospects for Indo-American Strategic Cooperation. He holds a B.A. in History from the University of Pennsylvania, and a M.A. and Ph.D. in History from the University of Chicago. “What Russia is demanding right now from the United States is essentially surrender. No missile defense, no NATO enlargement, and recognition of Russia as a hegemon with a privileged influence in the CIS and in Afghanistan.”

Soviet Collapse and Russia’s Path to the Present

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:28:37 -0400

Stephen Kotkin is a Professor of European history and Director of Russian Studies at Princeton University. He has written a two-volume study on the rise and fall of Soviet socialism as seen through the example of an industrial town—Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism as a Civilization and Steeltown USSR: Soviet Society in the Gorbachev Era. “Most empires collapse with tremendous violence. So it’s already a big achievement that the Soviet Union collapsed more or less peacefully. That’s a big achievement not just for Russia but for everybody in the world.”

Stephen Kotkin

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:27:58 -0400

Obama as a Reconstructive President

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:22:12 -0500

John W. Sloan is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston. He is the author of several books, his latest book is “FDR and Reagan: Transformative Presidents with Clashing Visions.” “Obama certainly has the opportunity to be a reconstructive president. He has come into office after the failed presidency of George W. Bush who claimed he was trying to fulfill the conservative visions of Ronald Reagan. Bush’s failures are giving Obama the authority to promote new policies that violate the dogmas of Reagan’s conservative regime such as raising taxes on the rich and increasing governmental regulations.”

John Sloan

Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:20:08 -0500

Victor Suvorov

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:03:37 -0500

The Art of Analysis

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:33:36 -0500

Interview with Stuart D. Goldman, Specialist in Russian and Eurasian Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service. “We have a lot of competitors out there. Many think tanks generate reports, position papers and so on. The big difference is that they all have a policy agenda they keep pushing and we don’t. So our comparative advantage is, whether it’s a very conservative republican or a really liberal democrat, if they ask CRS a question they know they will get a straight answer.”

Stuart Goldman

Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:17:53 -0500

Breaking the Language Barrier

Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:34:13 -0500

Only a small fraction of our content is posted on the English version of the website. However, you can view all our Russian content in English using Google Translate here.

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