Andrew Kuchins

Senior Associate and Director, Russian & Eurasian Program

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Andrew C. Kuchins was the Director of the Russian & Eurasian Program and a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC. Previously, Kuchins was Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center. Kuchins conducts research and writes widely on Russian foreign and security policy. Kuchins was working on a book entitled China and Russia: Strategic Partners, Allies or Competitors?. Also, he is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University.

Before coming to the Endowment, Kuchins served from 1997 to 2000 as associate director of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University. From 1993 to 1997, he was a senior program officer at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, where he developed and managed a grant-making program to support scientists and researchers in the former Soviet Union. From 1989 to 1993, he was executive director of the Berkeley-Stanford Program on Soviet and Post- Soviet Studies.

Foreign Languages: Russian, French

Education: B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Ph.D., Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Selected Publications: US-Russia Relations: The Case for an Upgrade, co-author with Vyacheslav Nikonov and Dmitri Trenin (Carnegie Moscow Center, 2005); Russia: The Next Ten Years, editor with Dmitri Trenin (Carnegie, 2004); Russia after the Fall, editor (Carnegie, 2002); “Summit with Substance: Creating Payoffs in an Unequal Partnership,” Carnegie Policy Brief No. 16 (2002); Russia and Japan: An Unresolved Dilemma Between Distant Neighbors, coedited with Tsuyoshi Hasegawa and Jonathan Haslam (UC Regents, 1993)

Op-Ed Vedmosti November 20, 2006

A Turning Point in U.S.-Russian Relations?

After nearly 13 years of tough negotiations, the United States and the Russian Federation have finally reached a bilateral agreement about Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization. It is the only piece of good news for a relationship that has steadily deteriorated to a point of acrimony and distrust not seen since Mr. Gorbachev came to power more than twenty years ago.

Article September 18, 2006

Russian Spin Job?

Trying to understand what is really going on in the Kremlin is like peeling an onion : layer by layer by layer with the only certitude that the process will bring you to tears. Kremlin politics can be described as “democracy within one fortress”; it is almost a completely nontransparent ruthless struggle where the stakes are high for the participants as well as those outside the Kremlin walls.

Article July 25, 2006

Vladimir the Lucky

Vladimir Putin is lucky because he happened to become president of Russia amid skyrocketing oil prices. But Vladimir’s good fortune extends beyond his petro-luck.

Op-Ed Kommersant July 12, 2006

Letter to Mr. Putin

Op-Ed Council on Foreign Relations May 10, 2006

Kuchins: U.S.-Russian Relations ''Rather Precarious'' Now

U.S.-Russian relations are "rather precarious" and could spiral downwards. The Russians are struck by what looks to be a sort of breathtaking exercise of double standards on the part of the Bush administration.

Op-Ed Wall Street Journal Europe May 9, 2006

Look Who's Back

Russia's two decades of geopolitical decline started with the withdrawal from Afghanistan, and included the disbanding of the Warsaw Pact and the collapse of the Soviet Union. But it is possible that 2005 may be viewed retrospectively as a historical turning point -- the end of Russia's decline. This recovery might be based on the shaky foundation of high oil prices, but it's real nonetheless.

Op-Ed Moscow Times March 28, 2006

Will the Authoritarians of the World Unite?

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.

Op-Ed SAIS Review February 9, 2006

Reviewed:"Kremlin Rising," by Peter Baker and Susan Glasser

Testimony Testimony for the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe February 8, 2006

Russian Democracy and Civil Society: Back to the Future

The U.S. should de-link its concerns about backsliding Russian democracy with other areas of security and economic cooperation with Russia. The U.S. must work closely with the Russians on, for example, halting nuclear weapons programs in Iran and North Korea, but these goals should not prevent the U.S. government from promoting democracy and civil society and defending human and civil rights.

Op-Ed Profil May 9, 2005 中文

Europe's Last Geopolitician?

Russian liberals and Western observers have criticized Putin’s comment in his April 25, 2005, address to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation "that the Soviet Union’s collapse was the biggest geopolitical catastrophe of the century." If one accepts the premise that he made this statement from the standpoint of a Russian citizen for a Russian audience, it is hard to disagree with.

Washington September 3, 2002 Washington, D.C.

Russia After the Fall

Internationally renowned experts provide retrospective analyses of how Russia has fared in its post-1991 reform efforts and a prospective look at the challenges ahead.

All Things Considered July 15, 2006

Relationship Between Russia and U.S. Souring

The Diane Rehm Show July 11, 2006

U.S. - Russian Relations

Carnegie Senior Associate and Director of the Russian and Eurasian Program Andrew C. Kuchins discussed the U.S.-Russian relations, conditions in Russia and U.S efforts to negotiate a spent nuclear agreement.

November 21, 2006 Washington, D.C.

Russia's WTO Accession

Carnegie hosted a seminar on Russia's accession to the WTO, including a presentation by AUSTR Dorothy Dwoskin on the negotiation of the U.S.-Russia bilateral agreement.
Features event audio and video

Washington July 24, 2006 Washington, D.C.

Politics in Uzbekistan

Muhammad Salih, of the ERK Party of Uzbekistan, spoke about President Islam Karimov's regime and its relations with the West.

Carnegie July 10, 2006 Washington, D.C.

U.S. and Russia on the Eve of the G8 Summit

A live Webcast press conference with Carnegie experts Andrew C. Kuchins, Mark Medish, Rose Gottemoeller and Dmitri Trenin.

Carnegie July 6, 2006 Washington, D.C.

Energy Security and the G8

Discussants debated the options available to G8 countries in their search for energy security.

June 7, 2006 Washington, D.C.

How Russians and Americans View Each Other, Themselves, China and Iran

Stephen J. Weber, of the Program on International Policy Attitudes, presented the findings of his recent poll on how Russians and Americans view each other, themselves, China, and Iran.

US State Department Open Forum Distinguished Lecture Series May 25, 2006 Washington, D.C.

Can Anyone Save This Marriage: Russo-Chinese Energy Relations

Stephen J. Blank, of the U.S. Army War College, and energy consultant Edward Chow looked at the future of Russian oil and gas and the possibility of shipping it to China.

Carnegie May 12, 2006 Washington, D.C.

How Democratic Is Today's Russia?

Political analyst Sergei Markov and Carnegie Senior Associate Michael McFaul debated Russian democracy and the causes of poor U.S.-Russian relations.

Journal of Democracy May 4, 2006 Washington, D.C.

Pipelines and Petropolitics in Ukraine

While American companies would still like to see an improvement in Ukraine's energy sector, they admit that the climate has improved in recent years. Ukraine would like to see an even larger American interest in Ukrainian energy.

Carnegie April 17, 2006

The Virtual Economy Revisited: Resource Rents and the Russian Economy

Clifford Gaddy and Barry Ickes discussed the economic significance of resource rents, their distribution, and their place in the Russian political system.

Carnegie March 16, 2006

How Sustainable is Russia's Future as an Energy Superpower?

Vladimir Milov, of the Institute for Energy Policy, discussed the future of Russian oil and gas.