Russia
October 2001

October Article Abstracts

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Title: Simulations of Power in Putin's Russia
Author: Stephen Holmes
"Although the identity of power wielders changes from year to year, we will not soon witness the emergence of a form of power accountable to ordinary Russian citizens. The state will remain detached and nonresponsive to society. It will remain a 'corporation' that, however wracked by internal struggles, basically looks after itself."
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Title: Realistic Engagement: A New Approach to American-Russian Relations
Author: Michael McFaul
"Russian and American leaders have to define a United States-Russian relationship that neither rekindles cold war rivalry nor refuels illusions about alliances and special relationships. More distance than a decade ago might be healthy for the bilateral relationship. Too much distance will be dangerous."
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Title: America, Russia, and the Future of Arms Control
Author: Jack Mendelsohn
"The Bush administration's national security policies . . . will severely stress United States relations with Russia and China. . . . These policies would also deal a serious blow to the international treaty regimes developed over the past 30 years to control the spread of weapons of mass destruction and that continue to enjoy universal support and approval."
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Title: The Dilemmas of Russia's Anti-Revolutionary Revolution
Author: Stephen E. Hanson
"Had Western observers understood the truly revolutionary nature of communism's collapse and its aftermath, the crisis-ridden and often violent nature of Russian politics in the post-Soviet era would have come as far less of a shock. Why did we make the mistake of thinking that Russian 'reform' could unfold through ordinary, not extraordinary, means?"
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Title: The Russian Economy: Putin's Pause
Author: James R. Millar
"Putin appears to have more in common with Brezhnev than with his more decisive predecessors. Khrushchev, Gorbachev, and Yeltsin risked their positions in attempts to de-Stalinize the Soviet Union. . . . Putin's rule seems to be more pause than reform, which is, incidentally, what the public wants."
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Title: The Russian Media: From Popularity to Distrust
Author: Floriana Fossato
"President Putin has repeatedly said that a free press is the 'most important guarantor of the irreversibility of our country's democratic course.' Yet during the last year the Kremlin has appeared more interested in organizing a consistent flow of 'correct' information than in strengthening a free media."
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Title: Book Review
Author: Sumit Ganguly
On Russia
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Title: The Month in Review
An international chronology of events in August, country by country, day by day.
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Title: A map of Russia and Eurasia.
A map of Russia and Eurasia.
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