October 2007
After Putin, the Deluge?
by Leon Aron
"The Kremlin's nervousness over the upcoming presidential succession, although camouflaged by oil wealth and passed over in silence by the renationalized or intimidated mass media, is plain to see."

October 2007
Russia and the West: Mutually Assured Distrust
by Marshall I. Goldman
"In their determination to validate their recovery and return to world leadership, the Russians sometimes overreact, even if in the process this means straining relations with the West."

October 2007
Russia and China: The Ambivalent Embrace
by Andrew Kuchins
"Despite deep-seated wariness toward China on the part of the Russian leadership and people, ties with Beijing have significantly advanced under the leadership of both Yeltsin and Putin."

October 2007
Russia and Iran: An Anti-Western Alliance
by Abbas Milani
"Putin's desire to dismantle what remains of democracy and replace it with a jingoist, messianic, Slavic concoction . . . makes him and his Russia an ideal ally, and role model, for Iran's pseudo-totalitarian antimodern regime."

October 2007
The Shrinking US Footprint in Central Asia
by Martha Brill Olcott
"The belief that the United States was behind the 'color revolutions' has helped both Russia and China strengthen their positions in the region."

October 2007
The Kremlin’s Religion Temptation
by James W. Warhola
"The government could be enticed into taking the bait of religion by enlisting religious points of reference and symbols, and even the Orthodox Church itself, to advance the aims and interests of the state."

October 2007
The Legacy of Vladimir Putin
by Dmitri Trenin
The Legacy of Vladimir Putin