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Russian Themes at the APSA Meeting

Details: 19 September 2013; Boris Bruk

The 109th Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA) has taken place in Chicago, IL. Scholars addressed a broad spectrum of issues, including a number of topics relating to Russia. IMR Advisor Boris Bruk participated in the meeting.

Details: Nation

Conspiracy Against Russia?

Details: 17 September 2013; Alexander Yanov

The Institute of Modern Russia continues the series of articles about Russian nationalism written by the well-known historian Alexander Yanov. The new installment explains how “destructive imperial nationalism” brought Russia to the Crimean War. It resulted in the country’s ignominious surrender, severe national humiliation and total isolation.

Details: Politics

Syria: A View from the Russian Opposition

Details: 17 September 2013; Alexander Podrabinek

In the Syrian conflict, the Russian government has firmly sided with the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Russian author and human rights activist Alexander Podrabinek offers a different view.

Details: Politics

Putin, Lukashenko and Kerimov: The Russian-Belarusian Triangle

Details: 16 September 2013; Tatiana Stanovaya

An unprecedented situation is marring relations between Russia and Belarus. In late August, Vladislav Baumgertner, head of the Russian potash company Uralkali, was arrested in Minsk. On September 13, it became known that the company’s main shareholder, Suleyman Kerimov, sold his shares to Vladimir Kogan, a friend of Vladimir Putin. Political analyst Tatiana Stanovaya discusses why Kerimov, one of Russia’s leading businessmen, was left out in the cold.

Details: World

Will the Syria Crisis Revive the U.S.-Russia “Reset”?

Details: 13 September 2013; Donald N. Jensen

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov have concluded their hastily assembled two-day talks in Geneva over Syria and announced their intention to meet again at the end of this month. Donald N. Jensen, Resident Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, ponders whether the Syrian crisis can revive the relations between Washington and Moscow.

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