RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Steven Pifer, July 02, 2008, The Brookings Institution
Steven Pifer addresses the Bush administration's continued desire to install a missile defense system in Europe to counter Iranian weapon threats. Pifer believes that because Iran has not yet developed a missile capable of reaching all of Europe or the U.S., the program's timetable should be slowed to ensure all interested parties, including Russia, are comfortable with the plans. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Ivo H. Daalder, May 09, 2008, The Economist's "Certain Ideas of Europe"
Ivo Daalder joins The Economist to speak about the evolving nature of NATO. The diffusion of American power and how the organization needs to handle the Kremlin are among several topics discussed. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Vladimir N. Kolotov, April 2008, Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary
As Russia’s global influence has risen in recent years, its policies toward East and Southeast Asia have become reanimated. In this Brookings Northeast Asia Commentary, Russian scholar Vladimir Kolotov outlines the evolving strategic landscape in East Asia, highlighting the crucial position occupied by Vietnam, and explores Russia’s priorities for the region under President-elect Dmitry Medvedev. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, March 10, 2008
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC
On 10 March 2008, former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski shared his thoughts on Vladimir Putin’s presidency and Russia’s achievements during this time. At the core of Dr. Brzezinski’s speech was the distinction between Russia’s short-term economic success and the negative long-term effects of President Putin’s policies on the country’s political system, economy, and geopolitical prospects. He also compared the results of Putin’s presidency with what Russia could have achieved through other policies. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Clifford G. Gaddy and Andrew C. Kuchins, Spring 2008, The Washington Quarterly, Volume 31, Number 2
Dmitri Medvedev—Vladimir Putin’s hand-picked successor—won Russia's recent presidential election. Clifford Gaddy, senior fellow and a Russia expert at Brookings, examines the future for Russia by analyzing “Putin’s Plan” for continuity of policy and what it means for international and domestic relations, and the economy. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Clifford G. Gaddy, February 2008, New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
The virtual economy was the system of informal rent-distribution that arose in post-Soviet Russia in the 1990s as nonviable Soviet-era manufacturing industries sought to protect themselves from the discipline of the market. The article discusses the system’s historical roots, describes some of its characteristic phenomena, and outlines a model for behavior of enterprises. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Clifford G. Gaddy, February 07, 2008, Mainstream Media Project's "A World of Possibilities"
Fueled by rising revenues from its vast oil reserves, Russia is experiencing a sudden comeback from its economic and political collapse just sixteen years ago. This program will consider what Russia’s re-emergence as a global force could mean for the already diminishing constraints of arms control and for a renewed power struggle between Russia and the U.S. in an increasingly multi-polar world. Brookings Scholar Clifford Gaddy speaks about Russia, past and present. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
William Easterly, Shanker Satyanath and Daniel Berger, January 2008, The Brookings Institution
William Easterly, with co-authors Shanker Satyanath and Daniel Berger, tackle the impact of superpower interventions on democracy, examining the type of effect of the intervention and whether it matters whether the superpower is democratic or authoritarian. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Carlos Pascual, January 2008, The Brookings Institution
Since the industrial revolution the geopolitics of energy – who supplies it, and securing reliable access to those supplies – have been a driving factor in global prosperity and security. Over the coming decades, energy politics will determine the survival of the planet. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Philip H. Gordon, December 04, 2007, The Financial Times
Following a report by the IAEA stating that Iran continues to violate its nuclear commitments, the United States hopes to further tighten sanctions. Instead, Philip Gordon notes "America needs to prepare for another contingency - that Russia will block action at the Security Council despite the IAEA report." Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, December 03, 2007
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Washington, DC
Brookings launched the English-language edition of Collapse of an Empire: Lessons for Modern Russia (Brookings Institution Press, 2007). Author Yegor Gaidar discussed why this once-powerful state was doomed to fail eventually, and why Russians should be looking forward rather than backward in building their nation. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Clifford G. Gaddy, December 03, 2007, The Diane Rehm Show
Brookings Senior Fellow Clifford Gaddy joins Diane Rehm and guests for analysis of the parliamentary election results in Russia and what they mean for the future of democracy there. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Georgy Toloraya, November/December 2007, Russia in Global Affairs
Georgy Toloraya argues that the Korean Peninsula has changed radically since the end of 2006 and that Korea will play a greater and much different role in East Asia than it did in the past. Read More
RESEARCH AND COMMENTARY
Johannes F. Linn, November 29, 2007, The Brookings Institution
Central Asia, once viewed as the backyard of the Soviet Union, is now Eurasia's hub of economic integration. Johannes Linn, Brookings Scholar and Special Adviser to the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation Program (CAREC), explains what a recent spate of high-level meetings mean for the future of Central Asia, Eurasia and the rest of the world. Read More
PAST EVENT
Monday, November 19, 2007
12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
Washington, DC
In this installment of the Ed A. Hewett Forum, Professor Catherine Kelleher of the University of Maryland shared her perspective on the US position on arms control and missile defense, along with Russian reactions. Read More