During a trip to my birthplace of New York City some years ago, I had the pleasure of briefly meeting the impressive and talented Professor Jenik Radon of Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Radon i...
A couple billion dollars can go a really long way in some Central Asian countries, and its a pity that the United States and other NATO members didn’t realize that President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was more or less “up for sale.” ...
During my interview with David Satter, I asked about the Russian decision to push the United States out of the Manas air base in Kyrgyzstan, thereby hampering NATO’s chances of success in Afghanistan – which is arguably one example of ...
Below is a video compilation of some of the interviews I shot in Washington DC this month with various Russia and Caucasus experts, this time commenting on the current political crisis in Georgia, the August invasion by Russia, and the general tre...
First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, anointed by some as Russia’s “oil czar”, has traveled to China to sign the final papers on what he calls an “unprecedented” 20 year oil deal (though some people believe that th...
What happens when the largest exporter of natural gas in Central Asia (and the fourth largest reserves on the planet) declares its open disagreement with the Russia-led natural gas OPEC? At the very least, it makes for an energy conference o...
A reader has directed my attention to this interesting article by Clifford Levy published in The New York Times about a seemingly unnecessary $1 billion bridge – which would be the longest suspension bridge in the world – connecting Vl...
We recently had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Ariel Cohen, who just edited a new report on Russia. In our conversations, Dr. Cohen discussed the challenges facing the Obama Administration in managing relations with Russia, diplomacy w...
Russia is well known to go back-and-forth in its relations with Iran, both in terms of delivering the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system as well as assisting on nuclear energy. One day it’s all green light, and the next, it’s put...
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