Russia Between Elections: The Travails of Liberalism

Of all of the national republics that emerged out of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia has had the most profound difficulties in determining its national identity. What is…

The failures of post-Soviet reform notwithstanding, serious strides have been made toward economic and political transformation.

There is no consensus about the nature of the political system in Moscow today. Yet how one understands the motivations propelling Russian policy abroad depends on how one understands its…