Publications

Although still little known in the West, Aleksandr Rutskoi is one of the most influential figures in today’s Russian politics. Currently the vice-president of Russia, Rutskoi is emerging from the shadow of President Boris Yeltsin to become a political...

With the break-up of the USSR, its five Central Asian republics – Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Kazakhstan – have emerged from more than a century of Russian and Soviet domination. These five countries, which in modem times have...

Although the loss of Soviet support has created grave problems for India’s military, shifts in strategic tectonic plates are offering India an opportunity to reassess its international orientation and to maneuver itself into a dominant regional position, To take...

Until the 19805 the global arms bazaar was dominated by the Western states and the Soviet Union, who were thus able to use arms transfers to further their political goals vis-a-vis a recipient country. In the 1980s, Third World...

Western leaders want to enhance the security of Eastern Europe, but the project confronts them with several knotty questions. What are the legitimate security needs of the region? How do these compare with East European perceptions of security needs?...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is in danger of becoming irrelevant. Potentially, it could even wither away. Were this to occur, Europe would lose an institution that has performed vital security roles, and Western Europe would become a...

We now know what Europe’s future won’t be like: it won’t be like the last forty years. Neither in politics nor in economics will the future have the clarity of sharp division. Armies of opposing alliances will not be...