Events
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Washington, D.C.
Kyrgyzstan: Challenges of the Upcoming Parliamentary Elections and Investigations into Ethnic Clashes
Following the June violence, Kyrgyzstan remains gripped by uncertainty surrounding rebuilding in the South and the upcoming parliamentary election. There is a strong potential for continued conflict in the country if these issues are not addressed.
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Washington, D.C.
U.S. Policy Toward Central Asia
Central Asia has significant importance to U.S. national interests and the Obama administration has a role to play in promoting human rights in the region.
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Washington, D.C.
Abkhazia: Peacebuilding and Business
Through business connections, Georgia and Abkhazia can discover opportunities for mutually beneficial engagement that could improve socio-economic conditions in Abkhazia, build confidence on both sides, and eventually help resolve the conflict there.
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Moscow
Five Years in Moscow: Impressions and Reflections of the Danish Ambassador
Europe encompasses more than just the European Union; Russians are Europeans as well. As Russia continues to evolve, it needs wide-ranging efforts at modernization, and the European Union can certainly help. Yet Russia needs to work with the entirety of the EU, not only its larger members.
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Washington, D.C., and Moscow
After Silicon Valley: U.S.-Russia Economic Cooperation
July marks the one-year anniversary of the U.S.–Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, launched by Presidents Obama and Medvedev in their July 2009 summit meeting with the goal of advancing bilateral cooperation on a wide range of issues, including business development and economic relations.
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Moscow
Kyrgyzstan After the Referendum: What Next?
The future for Kyrgyzstan remains unclear and the nature of the political systems in other Central Asian states creates the risk that conflicts such as those recently seen in Kyrgyzstan could break out in neighboring countries.
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Moscow
What Comes After New START: The Goals for Future Arms Control and Security Cooperation
U.S.-Russian security relations extend beyond the crucial New START Treaty; both the United States and Russia recognize the need for engaging in broader security cooperation.
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Moscow
Conditions and Prospects for Further Progress in Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation
After the New START Treaty was signed on April 8, 2010, U.S. and Russian authorities turned their attention from nuclear disarmament to other matters. However, crises in the nonproliferation regime and U.S.-Russian relations could arise all too soon, if the two governments do not continue to address bilateral nuclear disarmament.
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Washington, D.C.
A New Start for U.S.-Georgia Relations?
Following the 2008 war, the United States has struggled to redefine its relationship with Georgia. Questions remain concerning the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as well as the remaining democratic weaknesses in the Georgian government.
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Moscow
Medvedev–Obama Summit—What's Next for Reset?
The mood surrounding Dmitry Medvedev’s trip to Silicon Valley and to Washington, D.C., is noticeably more positive than during previous visits, as a result of the reset in U.S.-Russian relations.
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Moscow
Paradigm Lost: The Euro in Crisis
The euro crisis is driven primarily by two elements – problematic sovereign debt in Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, and fragile European banks. While ballooning public debt may be the clearest manifestation of the euro crisis, its roots go much deeper.
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Moscow
Le Monde Diplomatique's Atlas 2010
The effects of globalization have spread to every corner of the world, but its manifestations can differ significantly. Le Monde Diplomatique's Atlas 2010 contains information on how globalization is affecting different parts of the world.
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Moscow
Future of Financial Relations among the United States, Russia, and China
The financial crisis has exposed the weaknesses in a number of national and international financial institutions. It has also created the opportunity to develop an integrated regulatory framework for the global financial sector.
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Moscow
Chechens and Russians: Victories, Defeats, and Losses
The circumstances surrounding the exodus of the Russian population of Chechnya and the deterioration of bilateral relations must be better understood if Moscow wishes to cultivate positive relations between Chechens and Russians and to avoid similar developments in other parts of Russia.
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Moscow
The Russian Orthodox Church's Image in the Secular Mass Media: Between the Myth of State Church and Folk-Occult Orthodoxy
The role and importance of Orthodoxy in the Russian media is growing, but journalists and clergy alike have become overly focused on promoting their preferred image of Orthodoxy and demonstrating how they think Orthodoxy should be perceived by the public and portrayed in the media.
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Moscow
Assessment of the New START Treaty: Prospects for Ratification
Despite its decrease in transparency and limited reductions, the new START Treaty is nonetheless a major achievement. Above all, it is an important political accomplishment, and a significant result of the reset in Russian-U.S. cooperation.
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Moscow
Moldova's Foreign Policy and the Prospects for Russian-Moldovan Relations
Moldova is Europe's poorest country, and it faces the difficult task of creating the conditions necessary for sustainable development and modernization. The nation's foreign policy is focused on the realization of this aim.
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Brussels
The Carnegie Russia–Europe Forum—“The Next Decade: What Kind of Partner Can Russia Be?”
European and Russian experts discuss the key issues affecting Russia-Europe relations.
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Moscow
Problems and Prospects for Civil Society in Russia
Civil society development in Russia faces a great number of problems. Civil society exists, but it is fragmentary and divided and existing spaces for dialogue with the state have notable limits.
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Moscow
A New Kind of Parenthood in Today’s Russia
The institution of parenthood is undergoing a transformation in Russia today as parents, bypassing the state and cooperating independently amongst themselves, are quietly helping to undermine statist paternalism.
Featured Publication
Irregular Triangle: State-Business-Society Relations in Russia’s Regions
Relations between the state, business and society in Russia are fragmented. Interconnected, three-way dialogues between these three groups are practically nonexistent.