...Daniel Treisman Putin's efforts to reassert his leadership have created new problems while merely sweeping old ones under the rug. © 2013 Current History. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Russia Vladimir Putin Alexei Navalny Dmitri Medvedev...

...Dmitri Trenin Even as the Obama administration has pivoted toward the Asia-Pacific region, so has the Kremlin.… © 2012 Current History. All rights reserved. 2012 The Regents of the University of California Dmitri Trenin Russia Asia-Pacific China Japan North Korea Vladimir Putin...

... Colton Russia Vladimir Putin Dmitri Medvedev United Russia Gennadi Zyuganov Agency Strategic Initiatives Vladimir Zhirinovsky All-Russian Popular Front Mikhail Prokhorov 259 Russia s uncensored media, including its huge Runet (Russian-language internet space) and blogosphere...

...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. © 2011 Current History. All rights reserved. 2011 The Regents of the University of California Dmitri Trenin Russia Soviet...

... Wilson Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko Nikolai Statkevich Dmitri Uss China Andrei Sannikov Russia Guido Westerwelle Condoleezza Rice 277 The West should start planning for a post-Lukashenkist Belarus before it actu- ally arrives. Lukashenko himself might survive, but his system...

... of California Lilia Shevtsova Russia Vladimir Putin Dmitri Medvedev Vladislav Surkov liberalization modernization Siloviki corruption Levada Center 275 Russia is experiencing a dramatic moment in its history. The deadly wildfires and tox-ic smog that spread across the country this summer...

... Kurmanbek Bakiyev Russia Manas Transit Center Uzbekistan Askar Akayev Tulip Revolution Dmitri Medvedev Karshi-Khanabad 301 Intensified geopolitical competition . . . could further destabilize the country and change it from a collapsing state into a bona fide failed state. Kyrgyzstan...

...Dmitri Trenin Building a stable European security architecture requires that the use of force between Russia and its neighbors or NATO be removed from the strategic equation. © 2010 Current History. All rights reserved. 2010 The Regents of the University of California Dmitri Trenin...