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April 2006

Arms Control | Defense |Terrorism | United Nations |

Countries/Regions: Afghanistan | Africa |Asia | Balkans | China | Iran | Iraq | Israel | Middle East | Palestine | South Korea | North Korea | Russia |

Arms Control

A1 - National Military Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Washington, DC, February 13, 2006, released March 24, 2006, 31p.
“The report offers guidance to the U.S. military on how to guard against and counter the threat from chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. The strategy set forth three objectives: Counterproliferation (strategies to combat WMD use), strengthened nonproliferation (efforts to prevent the spread of WMD) and consequence management (how the United States should cope if an attack occurs). The reports also outlined how the United States will defend against the threat of WMDs.” U.S. Marine Corps General Peter Pace is Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Fulltext

A2 - Nuclear Weapons: Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
Medalia, Jonathan
The Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, CRS Issue Brief for Congress, IB 92099, Updated March 22, 2006, 19p.
This report outlines the current status and key provisions of Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) negotiations. Current issues before the Congress include an examination of the Stockpile Stewardship Program and possible U.S. contribution to a global monitoring system that might violate the CTBT. Jonathan Medalia is with the Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division of the Congressional Research Service. Fulltext

A3 - Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Challenges Facing U.S. Efforts to Deploy Radiation Detection Equipment in Other Countries and in the United States
Testimony before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Statement of Gene Aloise, Director Natural Resources and Environment. United States Government Accountability Office. March 28, 2006. GAO-06-558T. 17p
Testimony summarizing the findings of two GAO recent reports on U.S. programs to combat nuclear smuggling. Aloises discusses “the progress made by the various federal agencies tasked with installing radiation detection equipment at ports of entry in foreign countries and the challenges these agencies face and the DHS’s (Department of Homeland Security) efforts to install radiation detection equipment at U.S. ports of entry and challenges DHS faces in completing its program.” Gene Aloise is the Director of Natural Resources and Environment at the United States General Accounting Office. Fulltext

Defense

A4 - Did the Pentagon Get the Quadrennial Defense Review Right?
Flournoy, Michèle A.
The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2006, v29, #2, pp67–84
Every four years, the Department of Defense is required by law to conduct a Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a comprehensive review of the nation’s defense strategy, force structure, modernization plans, infrastructure, and budget. Because the most recent QDR, issued in February 2006, is the first such review to take full account of the paradigm-shifting events of September 11, 2001, it is particularly significant. The United States now perceives a fundamentally different security environment that presents new challenges, including the rise of global terrorism, born of extremism; the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological materials and weapons both to states as well as nonstate actors; the potential for failed and failing states to destabilize regions or become safe havens for terrorists and insurgents; the existence of regional adversaries who remain hostile to U.S. interests; and the rise of new great powers that have the potential to alter the global balance of power. In addition, the demands of real-world operations such as Iraq and Afghanistan and mounting pressures on the defense budget raised expectations that the 2006 QDR would be the vehicle used by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld to make the tough choices necessary to transform the U.S. military further for twenty-first-century missions. Michèle A. Flournoy is a Senior Adviser in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Order Article

Terrorism

A5 - The Evolving Al-Qaeda Threat
Phillips, James
The Heritage Foundation, Heritage Lecture #928, March 17, 2006, 10p
“Terrorism is only a part of Osama bin Laden’s revolutionary strategy for imposing his harsh Islamic ideology on the Muslim world. A wide variety of radical Islamic groups have copied al-Qaeda’s terrorist tactics and share its radical Islamist ideology, which means that “bin Ladenism” will outlast bin Laden. To defeat al-Qaeda, the U.S. and its allies must not only destroy its leadership, but also destroy its ability to recruit replacements by discrediting its violent ideology. The United States must put as much effort into the ideological struggle as it did during the Cold War. To discredit bin Laden’s ideology, Muslims must be convinced that his revolutionary program is unrealistic, imposes intolerable costs on Muslims, and that there is a better way to organize their lives, support their families, and practice authentic Islam. These arguments must come from Muslim political, religious, educational, and intellectual leaders.” James Phillips is Research Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies in the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation.” Fulltext

A6 - Israel's Lessons for Fighting Terrorists and Their Implications for the United States
Byman, Daniel L. & Avi Dicter
Saban Center Analysis #8, Brookings Institution, March 2006, 29p.
"Fighting against terrorists, whose form of warfare targets civilians and so rejects basic moral and legal norms, has always been inherently difficult for liberal democracies. Many of the issues in front of U.S. policymakers today have previously been faced by other liberal democratic states, in particular Israel, a country that has always been under terrorist attack. U.S. policymakers and analysts have much to learn from Israel as they grapple with the inherent difficulties of counterterrorism. [...] There are three key areas which this paper explores where Israel's experiences are directly relevant and offer specific lessons for the United States: coercing governments that are reluctant to crack down on terrorism to take effective counterterrorism measures; broader defensive measures; and techniques for striking at the leadership of terrorist groups." Daniel L. Byman is Nonresident Senior Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy. Avi Dicter is Former Charles and Andrea Bronfman Visiting Fellow, Saban Center for Middle East Policy. Fulltext

A7 - The Challenge of Terrorism and Religious Extremism in Jordan
Boukhars, Anouar
Strategic Insights, April 2006, v5, #4, 11p
"This article argues that Jordan’s security dilemma will not be alleviated through the use of military tools alone. The kingdom will not prevail in its struggle against terrorism unless it adopts a multidimensional security policy that promotes the values of prevention, accountability, political participation, and rule of law. A mixture of hard and soft power is badly needed to better cope with the scourge of national and transnational terrorism. Another major argument advanced in this article is that the 11/9 attacks cannot be understood except by appreciating not only the ambivalence of the population toward terrorism as a form of political action but the fractures and fragmentation that plague the jihadi and Islamist movements. A civil war is raging among jihadists and Islamists, and the outcome of this battle will, as much as anything, determine the fate of radical jihadists like al-Zarqawi." Anouar Boukhars is Visiting Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for Defense and Security Policy at Wilberforce University. Fulltext

United Nations

A8 - Strengthening Protection of IDPs: The UN's Role
Cohen, Roberta
Brookings Institution, (Originally published in the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, Winter/Spring 2006, #7.1, pp101-109)
“Sixty years after the Holocaust, it is time for the United Nations to act on the ideals upon which it was founded and to stop distancing itself from — or implementing half-hearted responses to — situations in which millions of people are forced from their homes by civil wars and deliberate government policies of ethnic cleansing, crimes against humanity or genocide. The current period of UN reform offers an opportune time to strengthen the international response to situations of internal displacement and develop a more reliable and predictable international system to protect people uprooted in their own countries. This article calls for reinforcement of the legal framework for the protection of IDPs; the enlargement of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to encompass IDPs; robust international protection measures — including expanded international police and military capacity; and more attention to political solutions to resolve the conflicts at the heart of displacement.” Roberta Cohen, Senior Fellow, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement. Fulltext

A9 - How Corrupt Is the United Nations?
Rosett, Claudia
Commentary, Apr 2006, v121, #4, pp29-37
“On top of the broad reforms of the early 1990's, the sweeping reforms of 1997, the further reforms of 2002, and the world summit for reform in 2005, still more plans for reform are in the works. To its external auditors, internal auditors, joint inspections unit, eminent-persons panels, executive boards, and many special consultants, the UN has recently added an Office of Ethics - now expected to introduce in May what will presumably become an annual event: UN Ethics Day.” This is in response to recent scandals at the United Nations; the wholesale corruption of the Oil-for-Food relief program in Iraq was the most visible. Claudia Rosett, a journalist-in-residence with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, is at work on a book about the United Nations in the age of terror. In 2005 she won both the Mightier Pen award and the Eric Breindel award for excellence in opinion journalism. Fulltext

Countries/Regions

Afghanistan

A10 - Winter in Afghanistan
Gordon, Philip H.
Center on the United States and Europe, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution. E!Sharp, March 2006 (Originally published with the title: American Pie)
"I hadn't planned on spending the night in a tent with Italian soldiers 30 miles from the Iranian border, but that's the way it turned out. And the reasons I ended up getting stranded with the Italian contingent in the dusty western Afghan city of Herat can tell us as much about the promise and limits of US-European cooperation as any of the political or military briefings on the subject I have received in Washington..." This article focuses on the European NATO member states effort in Afghanistan and the shortcomings of the NATO mission. Philip H. Gordon is Director of Center on the United States and Europe, Foreign Policy Studies. Fulltext


AFRICA

A11 - Africa's Strategic Importance to the U.S. (Speech at Reed College on March 20, 2006)
Rice, Susan E.
Brooking Institution, March 20, 2006, online edition
"Apart from our economic interests, the United States also has a significant security stake in Africa. But, many Americans from the average citizen to ourlawmakers may figure: the Cold War is over; the Soviet Union is long gone from Africa. Apartheid has ended, and black majority rule in South Africa hasn’t wrought what many Cold Warriors feared. What could be our remaining strategic interest in Africa?" Susan Rice discusses the need to break the doom spiral of poverty over Africa, emphazising the need for policymakers to "embrace a longterm strategy in partnership with other developed countries to counter transnational security threats, based on the imperative to strengthen weak states’ legitimacy and capacity to control their territory and fulfill the basic huan needs of their people." Susan Rice is a Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Global Economy and Development Center at the Brooking Institute. Fulltext

A12 - Last Stand in Sudan?
Cohen, Roberta & William G. O'Neill
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Mar/Apr 2006, v62, #2, pp51-58
"The African Union -- not even four years old and badly underfunded, underequipped, and undermanned--has been struggling in Darfur to alleviate what has been called the world's "worst humanitarian disaster. Since the conflict in Sudan began in 2003, an estimated 180,000 to 300,000 people have been killed and 2 million displaced. Protecting the 3.5 million people considered by the United Nations to be at risk -- half of the population of Darfur -- has become a test case for African peacekeeping.In its struggle to prevent atrocities, the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) has had many small successes and has proven innovative in its methods. Despite serious handicaps, AMIS has saved lives and prevented even worse catastrophes for many internally displaced persons (IDPs). But the African Union faces crises of its own. With a weak mandate and near-empty coffers, AMIS is itself struggling to survive." Roberta Cohen is a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Co-Director of the Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement. William G. O’Neill is a lawyer specializing in international human rights, humanitarian, and refugee law. Fulltext

ASIA

A13 - China and Japan's Simmering Rivalry
Calder, Kent E.
Foreign Affairs, Mar/Apr 2006, v85, #2, pp129-139
"China and Japan, the giants of Asia, account for nearly three-quarters of the region's economic activity and more than half of the region's military spending. Despite their deep economic ties and a doubling of their bilateral trade in the past five years, their relationship is increasingly strained, with dangerous implications for the United States and the world at large. Historically, relations between Japan and China were clearly structured. One country was always more prosperous or powerful than the other. Before the nineteenth century, China was usually dominant; since the Meiji Restoration, in 1868, Japan has generally been preeminent. The prospect that China and Japan could both be powerful and affluent at the same time has only recently emerged, largely because while China's economy and influence have grown rapidly, Japan's have remained stagnant." Kent E. Calder is Director of the Reischauer Center for East Asian Studies at SAIS, Johns Hopkins University. Fulltext


BALKANS

A14 - Kosovo’s Future Status and U.S. Policy
Woehrel, Steven
Congressional Research Service Report, January 9, 2006, RS21721, online edition, 6p.
"The future status of Kosovo is perhaps the most sensitive and potentially destabilizing political question in the Balkans. The Administration views “getting Kosovo right” as key to integrating the Balkans into Euro-Atlantic institutions. This report discusses the issue of Kosovo’s future status; that is, whether it should become an independent country, or have some form of autonomy within Serbia. Talks on Kosovo’s status could begin in January 2006, and are expected to be concluded by the end of the year." Steven Woehrel is a Specialist in European Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division with the Congressional Research Service. Fulltext

A15 - The Death of Rugova and the Certainty of Violence in Kosovo
Spyroglou, Valentine
Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy, 2006, v34, #1, pp9-11
"The death from lung cancer of Ibrahim Rugova, the President of the Kosovo Albanians and the leader of the Democratic League of Kosovo, has increased the pressures, threats, and violence in the country and against the Serbs. With negotiations over the future status of the country delayed, Rugova's death also threw much of the hope for a stable progression of Kosovo's status into question". Valentine Spyroglou is the South-East Europe Correspondent for "Defense & Foreign Affairs Strategic Policy." Fulltext

China

A16 - The Dark Side of China's Rise
Pei, Minxin
Foreign Policy, Mar/Apr 2006, #153, pp32-41
"Western investors hail China's strong economic fundamentals -- notably a high savings rate, huge labor pool, and powerful work ethic -- and willingly gloss over its imperfections. To most Western observers, China's economic success obscures the predatory characteristics of its neo-Leninist state. But Beijing's brand of authoritarian politics is spawning a dangerous mix of crony capitalism, rampant corruption, and widening inequality. Dreams that the country's economic liberalization will someday lead to political reform remain distant. Indeed, if current trends continue, China's political system is more likely to experience decay than democracy. An incestuous relationship between the state and major industries can doom developing countries, and China is more susceptible than most. Someday soon, people will know whether such a flawed system can pass a stress test: a severe economic shock, political upheaval, a public health crisis, or an ecological catastrophe." Minxin Pei is Senior Associate and director of the China Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Fulltext

Iran

A17 - Time for a US/Iran Patch Up
Doyle, James E. & Kutchesfahani, Sara
Proliferation Anaysis, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 21, 2006, 19 p
“The current debacle over Iran’s nuclear challenge continues as intensely today as at its revelation three and a half years ago, when the National Council of Resistance of Iran, an Iranian exiled opposition group disclosed Iran’s secret nuclear fuel cycle program. European efforts – lead by the EU3 (UK, France and Germany) - to diplomatically engage with Iran were commendable, but were unsuccessful in preventing Iran from resuming its enrichment program. […] The Iranians need a package of incentives to relinquish their nuclear program and it is really only America, and not the Europeans, that can offer Iran what it wants and needs. This paper explores Iranian logic in its nuclear ambitions. It also argues that a rapprochement between the Iranians and the Americans is possible, with a change of policy from both sides. Furthermore, this paper explains how an opportunity exists for the European Union (EU) to play an effective role as a catalyst in normalizing’ US-Iran relations.” James E. Doyle is Nonproliferation Science Fellowship Coordinator in the Nonproliferation Division Office at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Sara Kutchesfahani is a researcher within the Nonproliferation Division Office at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Fulltext

A18 - Exiles
Bruck, Connie
New Yorker, March 6, 2006, v82, #3, pp48-63
"Ahmadinejad's invective and his determination to resume his country's nuclear program have increased the pressure on the Bush Administration to formulate, at last, a comprehensive Iran policy--something that it failed to do in its first term, because of interagency disagreements and because of its preoccupation with the war in Iraq. During that period, the various opposition groups' hopes of returning to Iran rose and fell as the Administration's policymakers clashed over their assessments of Iran's vulnerability and U.S. options. Once again, as had been the case with Iraq, the officials were trying to make sense of a place that was altogether foreign and, to many of them, inscrutable." In this article Bruck examines several players in Iran's expatriate community and their aspirations toward Iran's future. Connie Bruck is a staff writer for the New Yoker. Fulltext

A19 - A Profile in Defiance
Takeyh, Ray
The National Interest, Spring 2006, #83, pp16-21
"Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came of age in the aftermath of the Iran-Iraq War. He sees little benevolence in the West's interventions and conflict as inevitable. Here, Takeyh shares the ideology that animates Ahmadinejad and the new cohort of hardliners that are leading the Islamic Republic.""Ray Takeyh is a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and a contributing editor to The National Interest. He is author of the forthcoming "Hidden Iran: Paradox and Power in the Islamic Republic". Fulltext

A20 - Forging A New Security Order for the Persian Gulf

Kraig, Michael Ryan
Middle East Policy, Spring 2006, v13, #1, pp84-103
“Kraig lays out the broad parameters for more effective bilateral and multilateral security policies within the region, as well as policies of external powers toward the region. He concludes that the road to Gulf security is not paved with programs for radical reshaping of other societies along lines reflecting US values and institutions. Nor will it he guaranteed by maintaining global military primacy. Instead, a peaceful Persian Gulf is one in which large regional powers such as Iran and Saudi Arabia coexist with all their smaller neighbors in a mutually beneficial set of relationships based on prosperity and respect rather than fear and domination.” Dr. Kraig is director of Policy Analysis and Dialogue at the Stanley Foundation of Muscatine, Iowa. Fulltext

Iraq

A21 - Exiting Iraq: Competing Strategies
Mattair, Thomas R.
Middle East Policy, Spring 2006, v13, #4, pp69-83
"Finding an exit for U.S. troops from Iraq is becoming an urgent enterprise. Some plans call for virtually immediate withdrawal, some for withdrawal according to varying timetables, and some for withdrawal with no fixed schedule." In this article Mattair gives a survey of the current debate among U.S. members of congress, journalists and the Bush Administration and anlyses the different strategies according to their effect on Iraq, the Middle East, U.S. foreign policy and the U.S. public. Dr. Thomas R. Mattair is a Washington-based consultant In the past decade, he has conducted extensive research on the Gulf region. Fulltext

A22 - Contracting in the Middle East: What Was it Like Over There?
Quigley, Tom
Contract Management, March 2006, v46, #3, pp26-29
During 2004 and 2005 the author worked as a procurement officer in Iraq providing logistics support and services to U.S. armed forces. In this personal account he describes the people he worked with, the business environment, his clients and he explains why his stay in Iraq wasthe "most memorable professional procurement experience" he has ever had. Tom Quigley is Director for Acquisition Services for Horne Engineering Services in Virginia. Fulltext

A23 - A View from the Embassy
Callahan, Robert J.
American Journalism Review, April/May 2006, v28, #2, Online edition
A former press attaché at the American embassy in Baghdad hands out generally high marks to reporters covering embattled Iraq and explains why the situation is so difficult to penetrate for journalists and diplomats alike. Robert J. Callahan is a foreign service officer currently serving as public diplomacy fellow at George Washington University. Fulltext

ISrael

A24 - Kadima's Victory and U.S. Policy on the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Cohen, Ariel
The Heritage Foundation, Research Middle East, April 3, 2006, WebMemo #1027
"Ehud Olmert’s Kadima (Forward) party won less than one-quarter of the available Knesset seats (29 out of 120) in the Israeli parliamentary elections held March 28. A plurality of voters seems to favor unilateral withdrawal from Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) and left-leaning economic policies. Some allege that the ideology of the Land of Israel—which includes claims on Judea and Samaria, the historic birthplace of the nation of Israel—has been abandoned. But the lack of a Palestinian partner in peace bodes ill for the security and prosperity of the Jewish state. The Hamas-controlled Palestinian Authority calls for the destruction of Israel and is likely to start a new terrorist war. The U.S. must recognize this and prepare for the rough road ahead." Ariel Cohen, PhD, is Senior Research Fellow in Russian and Eurasian Studies and International Energy Security at the Davis Institute for International Studies at The Heritage Foundation. Fulltext

A25 - A Hamas Government: Isolate or Engage?
Brom, Shlomo
USIPeace Briefing, United States Institute of Peace, March 2006, 4p
"This paper reviews the position of the major stakeholders in the conflict and assesses the advantages and risks of the two strategies that have crystallized since the election: isolate and undermine a Hamas government, or engage with it in a cautious, selective, and conditional manner. This paper argues that a policy of engagement, if properly executed, could encourage fundamental changes in Hamas' policies and, eventually, its ideology. Moreover, this approach is preferable to the "isolate and undermine" option because it will be easier to move from a policy of engagement to one of confrontation if it becomes clear that engagement has failed to induce changes in Hamas' policies and actions. A movement in the opposite direction may not be possible." Shlomo Brom, a retired General with the Israel Defense Forces, is a guest scholar in the Center for Analysis and Prevention at USIP. Fulltext


MIDDLE EAST

A26 - Economics, Water Management, and Conflict Resolution in the Middle East and Beyond
Fisher, Franklin & Huber-Lee, Annette
Environment, April 2006, v48, #3, pp26-42
"Many experts predict that in the near future, parched nations will battle each other over water resources. However, stripping away the emotional and political values associated with water ownership reveals that as a tradable economic good, water is never worth the price of war. Here, Fisher and Huber-Lee discuss the continuing disputes due to water resources in the Middle East." Franklin M. Fisher is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Annette Huber-Lee is the Director of the Water Programme for the Stockholm Environment Institute. Fulltext

A27 - Curse of the Militias
Pryce-Jones, David
National Review, March 27, 2006, v58, #5, pp32-34
"It's instructive to compare and contrast Lebanon and Iraq. Civil war has always been latent in both countries, exploding regularly into bloodshed-and for very clear reasons. Molded out of outlying provinces of the Ottoman Empire, neither Lebanon nor Iraq has ever had a national identity, or anything that might pass for it." David Pryce-Jones is a senior editor for the National Review and the author of several books. Fulltext

PALESTINE

A28 - Hamas V. Fatah
Blanche, Ed
Middle East, April 2006, #366, pp6-10
"Hamas' triumph in the January 2006 Palestinian parliamentary elections over the mainstream Fatah movement has sharply exacerbated hostility between the two factions and exposed deep tensions within the Palestinian society. If not addressed quickly, the crisis could deteriorate and touch off serious internal conflict that could critically damage peace prospects with Israel. Here, Blanche explores the tension between Hamas and Fatah, Palestine's major political parties." Ed Blanche is a reporter for Middle East. Fulltext

North Korea

A29 - North Korea: The Case for Strategic Entanglement
Smith, Chadwick I
Orbis, Spring 2006, v50, #2, pp. 343-353
"North Korea is a state shrouded in secrecy, yet it receives an enormous amount of media attention. Its reclusive nature makes analysis difficult and speculative. What is certain is that a dangerous stalemate regarding nuclear weapons has persisted for far too long and is an obstacle to any real change in the political system. History, culture, and ideology all rule the state's actions; it is therefore a mistake to assume North Korean negotiators can act with autonomy. A new and dynamic means to deal with this dilemma should be developed, for the past has demonstrated that threats and demands will not coerce Pyongyang into submitting, in fact, that approach will only exacerbate the problem. An effective means to move beyond the stalemate is needed." Chadwick I. Smith is with the International University of Japan. Order Article

South Korea

A30 - Korea-U.S. Alliance: Time to Take It to the Next Level
Myung-bak, Lee
Brookings Institution Transcript of a Center for Northeast Asian Policy Studies Discussion, March 14, 2006, online edition, 6p.
"Without doubt, Korea represents the best example of US foreign policy success. If the US had not intervened in the Korean War, it would be difficult to imagine the Korea of today. Korea today is no longer one of the poorest nations in the world. As a matter of fact, it is now a member of the rich countries' club, the OECD. Politically, Korea is the most advanced and vibrant democracy in Asia. This achievement is of course the result of the hard work of the Korean people themselves, but at the same time the US is justified in taking pride in this development." Lee Myung-bak is the Mayor of Seoul, South Korea. Fulltext

Russia

A31 - Russia's No Democracy. So What?
Goldgeier, James & McFaul, Michael
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. April 9, 2006. (Originally published in The Washington Post. April 9, 2006)
"The debate is over: Russia is not a democracy. President Vladimir Putin has weakened checks and balances within the state, diminished political and legal transparency, and made it impossible for independent media, political parties or nongovernmental groups to flourish. " James M. Goldgeier is Adjunct Senior Fellow for Europe Studies. Michael A. McFaul is at Stanford University. Fulltext





 


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