Russia and arms control

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Russo-American relations are generally acknowledged to be at an impasse. Arms control issues feature prominently in that conflicted agenda. Since the outbreak of the Russo-Georgian war in August 20...

Challenges and opportunities for the Obama administration in Central Asia

By Stephen Blank

President Obama has outlined a comprehensive strategy for the war in Afghanistan which is now the central front of our campaign against Islamic terrorism. The strategy strongly connects our prosecu...

Russia's Prospects in Asia

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Civil-Military Relations in Medevedev's Russia

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Russian Military Politics and Russia's 2010 Defense Doctrine

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Central Asian Security Trends

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Russia in the Arctic

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The Arctic is the newest sphere of international competition for energy and security access. It pits Russia against the other Arctic states. These essays fully explore and analyze what is at stake...

Can Russia reform

By Stephen Blank

These three papers represent the first panel of papers from SSI's annual Russia conference that took place in September 2011. They assess the nature of Russia's political system, economy, and armed...

Perspectives on Russian foreign policy

By Stephen Blank

"These chapters aimed at analyzing not just the day to day diplomacy, but some of the deeper structures of Russian foreign policy, both their material basis in actual policy and the cognitive struc...

Russia and the current state of arms control

By Stephen Blank

Arms control remains the central issue in U.S.-Russian relations for many reasons, including the respective capabilities of these two states and their consequent responsibility for preventing both...