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October 2012
The Next Russian Revolution
by Lilia Shevtsova
“With an elite that seeks only to protect its own interests, and without any alternative force in society, crisis is the only thing capable of stirring the swamp.”
October 2012
Why Moscow Fears Arab Unrest
by Jeffrey Mankoff
“Throughout the upheaval in the Arab world, Moscow has been firmly on the side of the status quo. . . .”
October 2012
Inequality: The Russian Experience
by Daniel Treisman
“From the turmoil of recent decades, Russians have inherited . . . a belief that the existing income distribution is arbitrary and unjust.”
October 2012
Moscow on the Pacific: The Missing Piece in the “Pivot” to Asia
by Dmitri Trenin
“Even as the Obama administration has pivoted toward the Asia-Pacific region, so has the Kremlin. . . .”
October 2012
Central Asia Grows Wobbly
by Eric McGlinchey
“Aging autocrats and an absence of clear succession mechanisms make a combination that, if not soon addressed, will lead to political upheaval. . . .”
October 2012
Perspective: What’s to Follow the Demise of the US-Russian “Reset”?
by Andrew C. Kuchins
Conflict in Syria and political protests in Russia have cast a shadow over relations with Washington while highlighting Moscow’s growing partnership with Beijing.
October 2012
Books: Stuck With Putin
by William W. Finan Jr.
A new book details how US policies under George W. Bush helped sour Vladimir Putin on the West, leaving him in the paranoid funk that still colors his outlook today.
October 2012
The Month in Review
by the editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in August 2012. Also: a letter to the editor.
October 2012
Map of Russia and Eurasia
by the editors of Current History
Map
October 2011
New Uncertainties Enliven Russia’s Election Season
by Timothy J. Colton
“To embrace curbs on his own power, Putin would need to act as much out of character as Medvedev would need to act against instinct in order to confront his benefactor.”
October 2011
Russia, the 360-Degree Regional Power
by Andrew C. Kuchins
“For the first time in its history . . . Russia finds itself surrounded by states and political groupings that are economically, demographically, and politically more dynamic than itself.”
October 2011
Russia’s Post-Imperial Condition
by Dmitri Trenin
“Focused mainly on itself, and trying to avoid being dominated by any other countries, Moscow is striving to reconstitute itself as a great power.”
October 2011
Lukashenko’s Game Is Up
by Andrew Wilson
“The West should start planning for a post-Lukashenkist Belarus before it actually arrives. Lukashenko himself might survive, but his system will not—not all of it at least.”
October 2011
The Caucasus in Limbo
by Svante E. Cornell
“The fallout of Russia’s invasion of Georgia has yet to be seriously addressed; Armenia and Azerbaijan are edging toward a new war; and the situation in the North Caucasus is going from bad to worse.”
October 2011
Perspective: Twenty Years Later, Russians’ Rights Are Still Imperiled
by Simon Cosgrove
As human rights defenders are murdered, the ruling elite continues to put itself above the law, showing allegiance to an old Russian—and Soviet—tradition.
October 2011
Books: A Front-Row Seat for the End of History
by William W. Finan Jr.
A new book recounts the events of December 1991, when Mikhail Gorbachev resigned the presidency and the Soviet empire disappeared.
October 2011
The Month in Review
by The editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in August 2011, country by country, day by day.
October 2011
Map of Russia and Eurasia
by the editors of Current History
Map
October 2010
Medvedev’s Potemkin Modernization
by Lilia Shevtsova
“The Russian system today has only two ideas: national egotism and personal enrichment. But Russians are beginning to ask: Is our might a delusion? And who is going to make us rich, and how?”
October 2010
The Transformation of US-Russia Relations
by Samuel Charap
“The 2008 war in Georgia planted a ticking time bomb under the bilateral relationship, notwithstanding the dramatic improvement in ties under Presidents Obama and Medvedev.”