Simon Gregory Jerome / April 1, 2012 4:30 pm
Thursday evening, Professor Mitchell Orenstein of Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies presented his paper, “Post-Soviet Authoritarianism: The Influence of Russia in Its Near Abroad” as the last lecture in an eighteen-month series by the Harriman Institute. The paper is co-authored by Professor David R. Cameron of Yale University. Professor Orenstein’s research ranges from international economic policy to pension ref...
Matthew Christiansen / March 1, 2005 4:06 pm
...n South Ossetia and Abkhazia unresolved,” said Welt, “Georgia will have to remain close to Russia.” Going Forward Russia’s attitude toward Georgia is dictated largely by the fear that Georgia will follow the path taken by the Baltic States in the 1990s, which ignored Russia and pursued complete integration into Europe. Jones argues that such an occurrence is unlikely because “Georgia sees itself as a bridge between Europe and Russia in much the s...
Mikå Mered / May 4, 2012 2:07 am
...hen had one priority: conquer new territories to the south and east. Ivan the Terrible conquered Siberia as a whole in the few decades following his grandfather’s death, but since Russia’s maritime power was bottled up in the Baltic and Black Seas, gaining direct access to the Mediterranean became Russia’s great challenge up to the late 20th century, particularly during the Cold War against the NATO alliance. Yet events are now turning dramatical...
Taylor Thompson / April 2, 2011 3:09 pm
...liance structure of and for the Cold War. NATO is an anti-Russian military pact. Outside of this context, the alliance will always be plagued by its members’ divergence of interests. NATO expansion into Eastern Europe and the Baltic states—areas that Russia considers fundamental to its national security interests—has only compounded the situation by stoking Russian fears of Western encroachment. At the same time, Moscow is using its vast natural...
Eric Lukas / April 2, 2008 4:05 am
...t it created a buffer zone for a potential attack from the West. Under Putin, Russia has intervened in the affairs of its former constituent republics, protesting as they grow closer to the US and the EU. The accession of the Baltic States to the EU and NATO has been regarded as especially threatening, and Russia opposes moves by Georgia and Ukraine to do the same. Since the election of reformist, pro-Western governments in the two countries, the...
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