• The Economy of Soviet Russia , Boston University
  Economic development of Soviet economy since 1917; emphasis on structure of industry, agriculture, finance, theory and techniques of central planning of output and income, and realized rates of economic growth.
  www.bu.edu/econ/ugrad/courses/major.html - September 22, 2004

• Agriculture, Food Production and Food Trade in the Russian Far East , Russian Far East Advisory Group
  A comprehensive special report on the status of food production and trade in the Russian Far East. Included are articles on agriculture and food production, changes in the RFE food import business, agricultural reform and the feasibility of buliding a large size grain terminal in the RFE. 16 pages.
  www.russianfareast.com/specpub.html - March 7, 2005

• Current Economic Problems of the Former Soviet Union , Columbia University
  The course covers current economic events are dealt with in a nontechnical fashion. Topics include economic performance, industrial reforms, technology issues, agricultural problems, and foreign trade planning and prospects.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• Economic Development in Post-Communist Countries , Milanovic
  Examines key issues of economic development posed by the transitions in Eastern Europe and the post-Soviet states: price liberalization and fiscal discipline, increased income inequalities, variations in public support for reform, problems of corporate governance and state capture, the spread of corruption and the operation of land markets. Combines theoretical discussion of the issues with applied analysis of country and case studies.
  www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/res/courses.html - September 20, 2004

• Economic Integration of the Korean Peninsula , Noland, Marcus
  The North Korean economy cannot sustain its population. Absent fundamental economic reforms, it will never be able to do so. Hence North Korea will require sizable external support for the foreseeable future. South Korea, China, Japan, and the United States have been willing to provide this support because they fear a collapse in the North or, even worse, a lashing out that would unleash war on the peninsula and put millions of people in Asia in jeopardy—including thousands of US troops stationed in South Korea and Japan. The status quo is thus closer to extortion than charity. In this volume, a diverse group of contributors analyze prospective developments on the Korean peninsula. The authors first address the three broad strategic possibilities of war, collapse, and gradual adjustment. Four immediate policy issues are then considered: the current economic conditions and policies in the North, the food crisis, the nuclear energy/nuclear weapons issue, and the possibility of large-scale refugee flows. Finally, the volume considers several longer-run issues concerning the inevitable integration of the peninsula: the potential relevance of the German experience, the costs and benefits of economic unification between North and South Korea, and the possible role of the international financial institutions in funding the new arrangement. The volume concludes with recommendations for policymakers, especially in the United States and South Korea, from the preceding analyses.
  bookstore.iie.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=26 - March 24, 2005

• Economic Research Institute , Economic Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
  Web site of the Economic Research Institute, Far Eastern Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, in Khabarovsk, Russia.
  www.ecrin.ru - October 5, 2004

• Energy Development in the Russian Far East , Thornton, Judith
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.  
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200005Thornton.pdf - September 29, 2004

• Eurasia Foundation Russia Far East Reagional Office , Eurasia Foundation
  Russia Far East Regional Office serves the Russian Far East, including Sakhalin, Buryatia, and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The Eurasia Foundation Vladivostok office supports local initiatives in the region extending from Russia\'s Pacific coast to Lake Baikal. The web-site contains useful information regarding the programs and grant opportunities in the Russian Far East.
  www.eurasia.org/russian-fareast.html - March 7, 2005

• Formation of Financial Base of Region , leonov, S.N.; Ivanchenko, O. G.; Renzin, O.M
  In the book the features of formation, distribution and use of financial resources of the subjects of Russian Federation are analyzed. The analysis of the key financial and economic proportions of the development of the regions (in particular, - economic complex of Khabarovsk territory) is done. The book is intended for scholars, the experts in the field of the regional finance, specialists who involved in state and regional management, post graduate students.
  www.ecrin.ru/articles.asp?id=152 - November 11, 2004

• Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation , Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation
  The Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation (FRAEC) is a non profit organization founded in 1989 to foster expanded economic ties between Russia and the United States, with a special focus on building bridges between the Russian Far East and U.S. West Coast. Originally focusing efforts to assist U.S. companies to conduct business in Russia, FRAEC has expanded its reach to a broad range of sectors, including economic development, civil society, and social services, among others.
  www.fraec.org/About.htm - March 7, 2005

• Institutional Reform in Post-Soviet Economies , Lieberman
  Focusing on the industrial sector in Russia, Ukraine and selected countries of Central Asia, addresses key issues such as legal and judicial reform, privatization, corporate restructuring and corporate governance, bankruptcy procedures, banking and financial sector reform, energy policy and the business environment. Includes both group and case exercises; therefore, significant student participation is expected. Prerequisite: Economic Development in Post-Soviet States or the instructors' permission.
  www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/res/courses.html - September 20, 2004

• It's Value that's Virtual: Bartles, Rubbles, and the Place of Gazprom in the Russian Economy , Woodruff, David M.
  The article analyzes role of the major energy supplier in the Russian economy. The trends of soviet and post-soviet energy consumption and the it's role in inflation of the currency rate are described and considered in great detail.  
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/011.pdf - February 7, 2005

• Ivanov, Vladimir , Economic Research Institute of Northeast Asia
  Senior Economist, Economic Research Institute for Northeast Asia (ERINA), Niigata, Japan Geographic Regions: North Pacific, Northeast Asia, Russian Far East, Southern Kurils/Northern Territories problem, Russia-Japan relations Research Areas: economics, energy, foreign relations and policy, politics (domestic issues), defense and security issues.
  www.erina.or.jp/En/Ef/search-f.htm - November 10, 2004

• Japanese Investment & Trade Programs in the Russian Far East , Ohashi, Iwao
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.  
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200010Ohashi.pdf - September 29, 2004

• Japans Policy toward Russia , Tanaka, Nobuaki
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200002Tanaka.pdf - September 29, 2004

• Objective Factors of Corruption in teh Exercise of Procesures of Financial Recovery of Enterprises , Vasiliev, Dmitri
  This publication presents a report prepared as part of the Corruption and State Reform project of the Carnegie Moscow Center. The report reviews the objective prerequisites for corruption in the activity of the Russian Federal Service of Financial Recovery of Enterprises, analyzes the current reform projects of this Service, and proposes measures for eliminating or reducing objective corruption-breeding factors.
  pubs.carnegie.ru/workpapers/2002/wp0902.pdf - December 2, 2004

• Pacific Russia Oil and Gas Report , Russian Far East Advisory Group
  Pacific Russia Oil & Gas Report covers:Ê-Ê Sakhalin projects currently underway: Offshore Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 and onshore projects led by Rosneft-SMNG, Petrosakh, ANK Shelf, and Sakhalin Petroleum- Sakhalin projects planned for the future: Sakhalin-3, -4, -5, and -6- Projects in the other regions of the Russian Far East and Eastern Siberia: the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiia), Chukotka, and the gas projects of the \"Irkutsk Corridor\"- Major Players and Major Contractors including background and contact information- Updates on related infrastructure and logistical developments affecting both upstream and downstream production
  www.russianfareast.com/pacruss.html - March 7, 2005

• Ports of the Russian FAr East , Russian Far East Advisory Group
  Second edition, completely revised. This special report covers topics including: activities and trends at the major ports of the RFE (Vladivostok, Vanino, Vostochny, Nakhodka, Sakhalin, Magadan, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskii, Sovetskaya Gavan), the decline of RFE northern ports, and petroleum handling in the RFE. Detailed data on infrastructure and contact information for each of the major ports. Detailed maps -- 15 total. 28 pages.
  www.russianfareast.com/specpub.html - March 7, 2005

• Problems and Prospective of Natural Resource Potential Use in Khabarovskiy Krai and Development of Industries Utilizing These Resources , Sheingauz, Alexander S.
  The state of main nature resources in the Khabarovsk Krai is considered: forest, fish, mineral and fuels-energetic. The state of utilizing them industries is analyzed and trends of the krai nature-resource sector improvement and development are proposed. Intended for management and producing units staffs, for business persons, researchers, university and college readers and instructors, post-graduate students and students.
  www.ecrin.ru/articles.asp?id=148 - November 11, 2004

• Public Attitudes toward Energy Development in Sakhalin , Akaha, Tsuneo and Vassilieva, Anna
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200006Akaha-Vassilieva.pdf - September 29, 2004

• Rabushka, Alvin , Stanford University
  David and Joan Traitel Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, California; Expertise: Taxation in the United States and abroad; economic development in the Pacific Rim countries, Israel, and the transition countries of Central and Eastern Europe, especially Russia
  www-hoover.stanford.edu/bios/rabushka.html - January 11, 2005

• Rise and Fall of Soviet Economy , University of Cincinnati
  Course examines the economic performance of the Soviet economy from its Marxian foundation through the industrial success of the 1950s and 60s; the stagnation of the 70s and 80s; the collapse; the efforts to turn from central planning to the market.
  asweb.artsci.uc.edu/economics/undergrad/ugcourses.html#500 - August 13, 2004

• Signs of Alienation: Insights from the Sakhalin Survey/Interviews , Vassilieva, Anna
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200007Vassilieva.pdf - September 29, 2004

• Soviet and Post-Soviet Political Economy , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Seeks to put today's radical transformations in the countries of the former Soviet Union (primarily Russia) into a historical context. Begins with review and analysis of main stages of Soviet development, then explores topics relevant both to the system's evolution and the current political scene. Key topics include: state power and bureaucracy; politics and organization of the Soviet economy; role of the Party; causes of the Soviet collapse; conceptions of the post-Soviet transition; politics of economic reform; and center-regional relations. Additional work expected of graduate students.
  student.mit.edu/catalog/m17b.html#17.570 - September 19, 2004

• The Current Economic Situation in the Russian Far East , Minakir, Pavel
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200003Minakir.pdf - September 29, 2004

• The Economic and Political Rationale for the Integration of the Russian Far East in the Northeast Asian Economy , Wishnick, Elizabeth
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200004Wishnick.pdf - September 29, 2004

• The Political Economy of Growth in Russia , Popov, Vladimir
  The author offers detailed analysis and critique of the recent economic reforms in Russia. The aim of the epublication is to identify the most important barriers to economic growth; provide evidence that such barriers are too serious to be eliminated within a short period of time; contribute to the discussion of how such barriers could be overcome eventually.
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/017.PDF - February 8, 2005

• The Problems of Economic Policy in the Russian Far East. Proceedings of an international scienticif-practical conference. , Economic Research Institute
  The volume contains abstracts from the papers presented at the scientific-practical conference "The Problems of Economic Policy in the Russian Far East," which was held in Khabarovsk on February 28 - March 1, 2001. The conference was devoted to discussing the concept of strategic development of the economy of the Russian Federation and the Russian Far East for the period of up to 2010, as well as the economic policy aimed at its realization. Papers were presented concerning the problems of formation of a strategy for the development of the Far East and its constituents - the subjects of the Federation, the economic policy in key sectors of the region's economy, social development of the Far-Eastern territories, financing of the regional development, international cooperation and the prospects for the integration of the Far-Eastern economy with APR countries. The proceedings of the conference cover a wide range of outlooks of the Far-Eastern scholars and central Russian scientific organizations, practical workers, on the current problems of development of the Far-Eastern region. The volume is intended for the specialists, educators, post- graduate students and students dealing with the problems of development of the Russian Far East.
  www.ecrin.ru/articles.asp?id=153 - November 11, 2004

• The Russian Far East: A Business Reference Guide , Russain Far Ast Advisory Group
  Compiled by the editors of the well-known business newsletter, Russian Far East Update, this book is for business people, travelers, and researchers. Its 270 pages focus on current industrial trends and economic developments in Russia\'s Pacific coastal regions -- giving detailed information that can be used in business planning, project evaluation, and market research. \"Our purpose,\" says Elisa Miller, Editor and Publisher, \"in preparing the fourth edition was to provide the reader with a sense of how the region works ten years after perestroika. The Russian Far East is very far from Moscow, but very near Japan, China, and the Koreas. Moscow wields influence, yes, but so do the region\'s Asian neighbors, and so do each of the region\'s governors.\" The book (17 chapters) covers politics and economics in the ten administrative units that comprise the Russian Far East. This includes oil-rich Sakhalin Island, the gold-rich Magadan territory, and the diamond-rich Republic of Sakha. Chapters cover foreign investment in the region, the plight of the former state industrial enterprises, and local banking and finance. Special sections cover the region\'s main industries: fishing, mining, forestry, and oil and gas. Chapters highlight the large multilateral and multinational projects. Data on industrial output, foreign trade, and cargo movements give a clear picture of the region over the last decade as it searches for a modus operandi -- with or without Moscow\'s help. Other sections include a listing (with telephone and fax numbers) for all of the region\'s government officials, a recommended Hotel Guide, and 27 detailed maps
  www.russianfareast.com/fourthed.html - March 7, 2005

• The United States and Northeast Asia Current and Future Issues , Scalapino, Robert
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200001Scalapino.pdf - September 29, 2004

• US Investment & Trade Programs in the Russian Far East , Rickerman, Lysbeth
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200009Rickerman.pdf - September 29, 2004

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• The Problems of Strategic Planning of Regional Energy , Kalashnikov, V.D.
  The manuscript is dedicated to investigation of methodological aspects of formation of state system of strategic planning of regional energy development. The basic pattern of the plan of economic transformations in the energy sector of Russia during economic reform, its conceptual shortcomings and effects are analyzed. By the example of dynamics of fuel-and-power industries of a large region of the country, the Russian Far East - the logic of events, structural reaction of regional energy sector under the state plans of the Far East development and its institutional transformations are discussed. The book is intended for scholars, specialists of state and regional authorities, post graduate students.
  www.ecrin.ru/articles.asp?id=149 - November 11, 2004

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• Darst, Robert G. , University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
  Professor Darst is a specialist in international relations and environmental politics.ÊÊHe is the author of the book "Smokestack Diplomacy: Cooperation and Conflict in East-West Environmental Politics"(MIT Press), andÊhe has published artciles in the "Journal of Refugee Studies", theÊ"Journal of Human Rights", and other journals.His most recent work, "The Samaritan’s Dilemma: The Strategic Exploitation of Resource Transfers in International Humanitarian and Environmental Politics" is under journal review.He is currently studying the international controversy surrounding the export of radioactive waste to the Russian Federation.
  www.umassd.edu/cas/polisci/darst.cfm - November 2, 2004

• Dawson, Jane , Connecticut College
  Professor Dawson received her A.B. in Chemistry and Russian from Bryn Mawr, an M.A. in Chemistry from Harvard, and M.A. in Soviet Studies from The Johns Hopkins University and her Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California-Berkeley. Her dissertation, "Social Mobilization in Post-Leninist Societies: The Rise and Fall of the Anti-Nuclear power Movement in the USSR," is a fascinating study of the emergence of environmental activism in the USSR in the Gorbachev period, which offers an intriguing explanation of how and why it ultimately took the form of nationalist mobilization against Soviet rule. The dissertation was published as a book titled "Eco-Nationalism: Antinuclear Activism and National Identity in Russian, Lithuania, and Ukraine," and awarded the 1997 Marshall Shulman Book Prize. In addition to this book, she published a number of articles in refereed journals, and has been an active presenter and participant at professional conferences. She is currently embarking on a much more ambitious global study, examining in greater detail how environmentalism may be linked to a variety of subgroup identities across a broad spectrum of political settings and the implications of this linkage for the achievement of domestic and international environmental policy objectives.
  camel2.conncoll.edu/academics/web_profiles/dawson.html - November 2, 2004

• Energy and Environment in the Former Soviet Republics and Eastern Europe , Chandler
  Energy is a critical element in the reform of the economies of the former communist states, which has led to wrenching shifts in long-established production, consumption and trade patterns. The energy sector is also a key contributor to the environmental disaster in the region. In this course students will develop a greater understanding of the energy situation and related environmental problems of this important area. Also addresses current policy issues.
  www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/res/courses.html - September 20, 2004

• Forest Sector of Khabarovskiy Krai: Principal Orientation of Development , Sheingauz, Alexander S.
  The state use and restoration of forest resources in the Khabarovskiy Krai are considered. The state of utilizing them industries is analyzed, and principal orientation of development and improvement of the krai's forest sector are proposed. The main concept of the further development is its sustainability, transition to resource saving and full multiple use of forest resources. Recommendations for working up a program of the krai's forest sector development are given. Intended for management and producing units staffs, for business persons, researchers, university and college readers and instructors, post-graduate and undergraduate students.
  www.ecrin.ru/articles.asp?id=150 - November 11, 2004

• Forestry Resource Conservation Needs in the Russian Far East , Gordon, David
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200008Gordon-Forestry.pdf - September 29, 2004

• Global Change Studies at the Far EAst: Abstracts of Workshop, September 1-4, 1997, Vladivostok, Russia , Russian Natinal Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
  The book comprises abstracts of the second workshop organized by the Far East Branch of the National Committee of IGBP, Russian Academy of Sciences at the Institute of Marine Biology, FEB RAS, Vladivostok. Abstracts deal with different aspects of global changes at the Far East, e.g., present-day climatic and environmental changes, Holocene paleogeographic changes, and anthropogenic modifications of nature.
  igbp-rnc.dvo.ru/e_page_009.htm - November 18, 2004

• Global Change Studies in the Far East: Abstracts of Workshop, Sept. 11-15, 2000 , Lutarenko, K.A.
  The book comprises abstracts of the fourth workshop organized by the Far East Branch of the National Committee for IGBP, TEACOM and the Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS. Abstracts deal with various aspects of global changes in the Far East including climatic and environmental changes, Quaternary changes, and anthropogenic influences to ecosystems.
  igbp-rnc.dvo.ru/e_page_010.htm - November 18, 2004

• Reports of the Workshop on the Global Change Studies in teh Far East, Vladivostok, Sept. 11-15, 2000 , Russian National Committee for the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme
  The reports of the Workshop on the Global Change Studies in the Far East held by the Far East Branch, Russian National Committee for IGBP and Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS are presented. The reports deal with long-term temperature changes in coastal waters of the Sea of Japan, duration of cold periods in the southern Russian Far East, technogenous coastal modifications, climatic assymetry of river valleys. Paleogeographical papers include studies on dynamics of ice cover of the Sea of Okhotsk during the Pleistocene-Holocene, Late Quaternary transgressions on Kurile Islands, Holocene climatic changes in Priamurye. Long-term changes of marine and lake ecosystems are described on the example of populations of mollusks, commercial fishes, polychaetes, Myxosporidia and plankton.
  igbp-rnc.dvo.ru/e_page_009.htm - November 18, 2004

• Transition to the Sustainable Forest Management Strategy in the Russian Far East Ecoregion in the 21 Century. , ed. Sheingauz, Alexander
  The workshop participants - representatives of ecological movement, business and science from five countries have considered in their presentations as well as in the round table discussion the issues of transition from exhaustible to sustainable forest use in one of the most important forest ecoregions of the world – Far Eastern. There were discussed opportunities to combine rational multiple use of forests with preserving their biodiversity; opportunities of sustainable (commercially profitable and ecologically safe) forest resources use in the South of the Russian Far East; current and prospective demand at forest markets for ecologically safe products and opportunities of their production; issues of forest certification;  mechanisms of transition to sustainable forest management.
  www.ecrin.ru/articles.asp?id=151 - November 11, 2004

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• Chinese Migration to the Russian Far East: A Human Security Dilemma , Wishnick, Elizabeth
  \"Chinese Migration to the Russian Far East: A Human Security Dilemma\" by Elizabeth Wishnick, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Lingnan University of Hong Kong. Seminar proceedings of \"Human Flows across National Borders in Northeast Asia\" held at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, November 20-21,2002.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200209Wishnick.pdf - January 31, 2003

• Chinese Migration to the Russian Far East: A View from Moscow , Gelbras, Vilya
  "Chinese Migration to the Russian Far East: A View from Moscow" by Vilya Gelbras, professor at Moscow State University. Seminar proceedings of "Human Flows across National Borders in Northeast Asia" held at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, November 20-21,2002.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200208Gelbras.pdf - January 31, 2003

• Cold Peace: Russia's New Imperialism , Bugajski, Janusz
  The Russian regime under President Vladimir Putin has embarked on a coherent long-term strategy to regain its influence over former satellites and to limit Western penetration in key parts of this region. Moscow is intent on steadily rebuilding Russia as a major power on the Eurasian stage and will use its neighbors as a springboard for expanding its dominance. In this first systematic analysis detailing Russia¡¯s post¨CCold War imperialism, Bugajski challenges the contemporary equivalent of Cold War appeasement, which views Russia as a benign and pragmatic power that seeks cooperation and integration with the West.
  csis.zoovy.com/product/0275983625 - February 1, 2005

• DaVanzo, Julie , RAND Corportation
  Dr. Julie DaVanzo is an expert in world population issues; the implications of demographic change; family planning and demographics in Russia.
  www.rand.org/news/experts/davanzo.html - October 29, 2004

• The Korean Chinese (Chosonjok) in the Russian Far East: A Research Note , Lee, Jeanyoung
  "The Korean Chinese (Chosonjok) in the Russian Far East: A Research Note" by Jeanyoung Lee, Kyunghee, University of Korea. Seminar proceedings of "Human Flows across National Borders in Northeast Asia" held at the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, November 20-21,2002.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200210Lee.pdf - January 31, 2003

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• A Survey of Russian Culture , http://www.beloit.edu/~academic/fields/minors/russianstudies_courses.php
  This course examines the essential themes that have persisted throughout Russia’s long history and the way in which those themes are manifested in the cultural traditions of the Russian people. Topics include folklore, religion, music, art, literature, and social history.
  www.beloit.edu/~academic/fields/minors/russianstudies_courses.php - January 11, 2005

• Center for European and Russian Studies , Carleton University
  The site contains information on the research and academic activities, events and courses offerec by the Center for European and Russian Studies. 
  www.carleton.ca/eurus/ - February 8, 2005

• Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies , Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
  The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREEES) at Stanford was established in 1969. Its mission is the promotion and support of interdisciplinary study of the nations and peoples of the former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe, and Central Asia. CREEES is designated one of 19 US Department of Education-sponsored National Resource Centers for Russia, Eastern Europe and Central Asia. As part of our commitment to graduate and undergraduate training, research, and public outreach, CREEES runs interdisciplinary MA and undergraduate minor programs; sponsors over one hundred public programs each year (including lecture series, seminars, conferences); hosts distinguished visitors and visiting scholars; organizes teacher education workshops and resources; provides research travel support for Stanford faculty and graduate student researchers; and coordinates teaching and research at Stanford relating to this part of the world.
  www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/index.html - November 30, 2004

• Colloquium on Soviet Social History , Columbia University
  Explores the impact of industrialization, collectivization, urbanization, and the purges; social mobility; and problems of the Soviet intelligentsia, 1917 to the present.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• Core Colloquium: Legacies of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union , Columbia University
  Colloquium to acquaint students with themes and texts that address aspects of the legacies of the Russian Imperial and Soviet traditions that continue to shape contemporary political, economic, social, and cultural processes in the post-Soviet states.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• Ecology and Health in the Former USSR , Georgetown University
  Course lists of the Department of Environmental Studies.
  www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/bulletin/208courses.html - September 21, 2004

• Former Soviet Union , University of Calgary
  Systematic and topical geography of the former Soviet Union. Aspects of economic activity, transportation, regional development, settlement patterns and population distribution.
  www.ucalgary.ca/pubs/calendar/current/what/courses/GEOG.htm - April 7, 2004

• Former Soviet Union , University of Calgary
  Systematic and topical geography of the former Soviet Union. Aspects of economic activity, transportation, regional development, settlement patterns and population distribution.
  www.ucalgary.ca/pubs/calendar/current/what/courses/GEOG.htm - April 7, 2004

• Generational Change in Russia , McFaul, Michael
  Since the collapse of the Soviet Union the generational change in Russia has been pointed out as the beacon of hope for the country. What are the results of the 15 years of economical, political, and most importantly, ideologic  transition? What do the young people vote for now? The acticle is answers these questions and provides an comprehensive discussion of social changes that took place and thier implact on the perceptions of the young people.  
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/021.PDF - February 8, 2005

• History of Russia, 890 - 1917 , University of Toronto
  This course is an introductory survey that examines the political, social, and cultural developments that shaped the Russian empire from the settlement of Kiev in the 9th century to the collapse of the Romanov dynasty in 1917.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

• History of Soviet Russia , Columbia University
  The course covers the political and social history of Russia, 1917 to the present.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• History of the Soviet Union, 1917-1991 , Harvard University
  Since 1991, thanks to the partial, but substantial, opening of the archives our knowledge of Soviet history has significantly progressed. In particular, the picture of pre-1939 developments is now much clearer. Besides many horrors, it presents elements of great scientific interest relating to the meanings and features of the civil war? the place of Soviet history in the wider pan-European context, the relations between the new state and the countryside, the role played by ideology and the “personal?factor, the nature of terror etc. These topics will be presented and discussed in the first part of the course, on the basis of the most recent archival findings. World War II and the post-war years, up to Khrushchev's demotion, represent the frontier of today's historical research. And while, thanks to the rich documentation in our possession, the Gorbachev years are more or less well-known, the Brezhnev era remains relatively unexplored. The second part of the course will thus focus on this second stage of Soviet history, trying to delineate the problems it presents, and the first attempts to tackle them. The goal will be to give the student an understanding of the stages and the meanings of Soviet history in the light of new research.
  www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~hist1531/syllabus/ - August 24, 2004

• Imperial Russia , Beloit College
  Social, cultural, political, and economic developments in the history of Russia from the earliest times through the mid-19th century.
  www.beloit.edu/~academic/fields/majors/history_courses.php - January 11, 2005

• Imperial Russia , University of Toronto
  The history of Imperial Russia from Peter I to 1917. The development of its political institutions, social and economic structures, cultural and intellectual values. Emphasis on the relations of society and the state and among the various social groups of the Empire.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

• Introduction to Russia: Tolstoy's "War and Peace" , Hamilton College
  An introduction to the civilization of Russia through an examination of its historical, cultural, artistic and political development. In 2003-04, the course focused on Napolean's invasion of Russia and its aftermath. Consideration of the cultural and social contexts of the War of 1812, in particular the reactions in literature, art, music, theology and philosophy. The centerpiece of the course is a close critical analysis of Tolstoy's "War and Peace". (Writing-intensive.) No knowledge of Russian required.
  www.hamilton.edu/applications/catalogue/catalogue_search.cfm?action=CourseDisplay&ID=1313 - August 26, 2004

• Kievan Rus' , University of Toronto
  The origin of Rus\', international trade, the impact of nomadic peoples, the introduction of Christianity, the economic system an the problem of feudalism, the political structure and the dilemma of princely succession; literature and architecture; the displacement of political power centres and depopulation, the preservation of the Kievan heritage.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

• Modern Russian History: 1861-1991 , Hamilton College
  Russia from the emancipation of the serfs to the collapse of the Soviet Union. Emphasis on political and social changes and continuities throughout the late tsarist and Soviet periods.
  www.hamilton.edu/applications/catalogue/catalogue_search.cfm?action=CourseDisplay&ID=564 - August 26, 2004

• Papers on Russian Federation , Nautilus Institute
  A list of publications with active links to the actual papers on various aspects on political and economic life in Russia. There is a large number of papers on the issues of the Russian Far East and its role in Northeast Asia.
  www.nautilus.org/papers/regional.html#russia - November 23, 2004

• Politics and Economics in the Russian Far East: Changing Ties with Asia-Pacific , Akaha, Tsuneo
  This book includes: Robert A. Scalapino, "Foreword"Tsuneo Akaha, "Introduction"Robert Valliant, "Moscow & the Russian Far East: The Political Dimension"Alexei V. Zagorsky, "Moscow & the Russian Far East: The Security Dimension"Tsuneo Akaha, Pavel A. Minakir, and Kunio Okada, "Economic Challenge in the Russian Far East"Evgenii B. Kovrigin, "Problems of Resource Development in the Russian Far East"James P. Dorian, "Minerals & Mining In the Russian Far East"Takashi Murakami, "The Present Situation & Future Problems of Energy Production in the Russian Far East"Tsuneo Akaha, "Environmental Change in the Russian Far East"Vladimir I. Ivanov, "Russia & the United States in Northeast Asia & the Russian Far East: Economics or Defense?"Nobuo Arai and Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, "The Russian Far East in Russo-Japanese Relations"James Clay Moltz, "Russo-Chinese Normalization from an International Perspective: Coping with the Pressures of Change"Vladimir F. Li, "Russias Far East in Contemporary Russian-Korean Relations"Robert Manning, "The Russian Far East & Northeast Asia: Security Cooperation & Regional Integration"Tsuneo Akaha, "Conclusion"  
  www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0415164737/qid=1096483069/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/103-8509335-0475854?v=glance&s=books - September 29, 2004

• Power and Wealth in Contemporary Russia , Zlotnik
  Explores the interaction between political and economic power in post-communist Russia. Topics include the changing dynamics of national elections; conflicts over macroeconomic reform; struggles over privatization and banking; the political impact of the energy sector; the battle over the mass media; and the role of the military and security agencies.
  www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/res/courses.html - September 20, 2004

• Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union , University of Virginia
  This course is about Russia and the Soviet Union. It is about the development of socialist revolution, and it is about the peasants, workers, soldiers, and leaders who waged and won a revolution which for a time shook the foundations of western capitalism. Topics of discussion will include tsars and Bolsheviks, bloody civil war, socialism, New Economic Policy, industrialization, collectivization, the Great Purges, the Great Patriotic War and the cold war, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Lenin, Trotskii, Stalin, Khrushchev, Gorbachev are major characters in the epic, tragic story of a great and cultured people fighting for a better life and fighting sometimes for national survival. We will look at Russia as Russians saw and see their country. We will make sense of the present through an understanding of the history, culture, and politics on which it builds.
  www.virginia.edu/provost/usems.htm - August 26, 2004

• Russia and the New Eurasia: Geopolitics, Economics and Foreign Policy , Parrott
  Examines the interplay between Russia's relations with the other post-Soviet states and its relations with established international and regional powers. Traces this interplay in Russia's relations with the United States and the European Union; with Turkey, Iran and Pakistan; and with China, India and Japan.
  www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/res/courses.html - September 20, 2004

• Russia and the West , University of Pittsburgh
  This course addresses itself to the following questions: why societies outside the American and West European sphere find it difficult, impossible and/or undesirable to adopt (or adapt) the liberal-democratic-individualistic socio-political system (China, Iran, etc), which western opinion deems optimal. Since Russia is on the border of Europe and Asia and has yet to settle into the liberal mold despite centuries of autocratic "Westernization", it offers an excellent and specific opportunity to study this question. Specially what is Russia's political, economic and cultural heritage? How are cultural questions (such as: what is Russia's "place' in the world? Is it Western? Should it be? Is it unique in structure character and destiny? Which way should it go?) Connected to its unique geographical position and historical development? Why and by whom are such questions posed? Are they mere xenophobia ("My tribe is better your tribe") or are they serious and realistic queries connected to the idea of choice, diversity or plain suitability? These questions which agitate not only the educated public but cause mass movements (Iran) have along history. It is this history that will be studied in Russia between 1830 and the present. Apart from recommended secondary sources, the student's work is close reading and interpretation of primary sources.
  www.pitt.edu/~caswww/cdesc/ds043051/hist.htm#0401Modern%20East%20Asian%20Civilization - January 16, 2004

• Russia Country Analysis , American Military University
  This course is designed to give the advanced graduate student practical research experience in performing an intelligence estimate on various aspects of 21st Century Russia. The course begins with an historical overview of Russia, utilizing selected essays by various Russian experts. It then moves rapidly into the Cold War and post-Cold War period to address key challenges that Russia will be compelled to confront in the 21st Century.
  apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=IN - September 21, 2004

• Russia: The U.S.S.R. and Afterward , Vanderbilt University
  Russian history since the 1917 Revolution. Overview of the old regime; revolution and civil war; the Soviet Roaring 20s; Stalinism and the totalitarianized society; World War II; postwar Soviet society and culture; de-Stalinization and the sixties generation; Gorbachev, perestroika, and disintegration; contemporary history. (Not currently offered)
  www.vanderbilt.edu/catalogs/undergrad/history.html - October 4, 2004

• Russian Culture , American Military University
  The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with the varied influences in Russian and Soviet history, beginning with the earliest tsarist period and proceeding through the revolutionary Soviet period to the current post-Soviet Russia. The comparative influences of Europe and Asia on the overall direction of Russian culture will be assessed, and their potential impact on the chances for development of democracy in post-Soviet Russia.
  www.apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=NS - September 21, 2004

• Russian Far East Advisory Group , Russian Far East Advisory Group
  ÊSince 1991, the Russian Far East Advisory Group has been providing authoritative business information on the Russian Far East, one of the most dynamic regions in Russia\'s changing economy. Between 1991 and 1999, The Advisory Group published a monthly report, the Russian Far East Update(including over 100 specialized maps), and four editions of The Russian Far East, A Business Reference Guide. In 1998, the Group introduced a new quarterly report, the Pacific Russia Oil and Gas Report now published by the Anchorage-based Pacific Russia Information Group. The Reference Guide, all maps, and all back issues of the Russian Far East Update through February 1999 are always available for purchase through the Advisory Group. For a list of our maps, please contact us at contact information below. Current activities of the Advisory Group include consulting and, in particular, expert witness work for litigants involved in commercial disputes between foreign and Russian partners.
  www.russianfareast.com/ - March 7, 2005

• Russian Studies Colloquium , Georgetown University
   The course is broadly interdisciplinary in focus, and topics range from year to year (recent colloquia have dealt with the development and demise of communism, Russia and the West, and Russian intellectual and philosophical thought)
  www.georgetown.edu/undergrad/bulletin/148courses.html - September 21, 2004

• Russian Studies, Beloit College , Beloit College
  Beloit College\\\'s program in Russian studies is one of several minor concentrations in area studies available to students. Comprised of courses taken in Russian language, literature, history, politics, film, and culture, the Russian studies minor offers students a broad base upon which to build specific interests within related disciplines. The rich cultural, intellectual, and political history of Russia and the former Soviet Union continues to serve as a stimulating source of insight into the changing world around us.
  www.beloit.edu/~academic/fields/minors/russianstudies_overview.php - January 11, 2005

• Senior Seminar in Russian Area Studies , Macalester College
  This seminar is an interdisciplinary research seminar which adopts a thematic approach to examining one or more of the countries of the former Soviet Union and East/Central Europe.
  macalester.edu/academic/catalog/program/rce_c.html - August 19, 2004

• Slavic Research Center , Hokkaido University
  The home page of the Slavic Research Center (SRC) at Hokkaido University. It is the only research institute in Japan for comprehensive Slavic-Eurasian studies. Thus it functions, being attached to Hokkaido University, as the national center to lead and coordinate academic activities in this research area. The web site contains information on the Center's activities, publications, reasech projects and fellowship/scholarship opportunities. The site will be extremely useful for researchers, educators and students interested in historical, political, economical, and security issues pertaing to Russia and the countries of the Former Soviet Union.
  src-h.slav.hokudai.ac.jp/index-e.html - September 28, 2004

• Soviet and Post-Soviet Society , Boston University
  Surveys development and evolution of social life in the USSR to the end of the state in 1991, and the emergent dynamics and problems of the post-Soviet period; emphasis on class structure and mobility, demographic concerns, education, family life, work, and polity-society relations.
  bu.edu/sociology/undergrad/courses.html - August 12, 2004

• Soviet Cultural History , University of Toronto
  This course explores Russian culture - art, architecture, film and literature - from 1917 to the post-Soviet present. Readings and screenings trace the relation between culture, history, and revolution from the Russian Avant-Garde and proletarian culture to socialist realism, and from Krushchev\'s thaw to examples of Soviet \"postmodernism\".
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

• Soviet History Seminar , University of Toronto
  A seminar on the history of Soviet Russia in its formative years, 1917 to 1939. The revolutions of 1917, the civil war and war communism, NEP Russia, the Stalin revolution, the purges, and the \"great retreat\" are explored. Emphasis is on issues, interpretations and historiography, problems of study, and periodization.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

• Soviet Russia , University of Pittsburgh
  The Russian Revolution of 1917 was the most radical revolution in history and had a profound impact on 20th century world history. The Bolshevik Party, which seized power in November 1917, sought not simply to change governments or the laws of the land, but to smash the old order, and to challenge the assumptions upon which all governments had hitherto ruled and all economies had been based. As we know, the Soviet experiment did not endure. The USSR's collapsed in 1992 was as unexpected as its creation. This course will survey the history of the USSR. Particular attention will be paid to why the old order collapse, the ideals which drove the early Soviet states, its attempt to "modernize" the country at a frenetic pace, the role of violence as a means of governance, its experience in WWII and rise to World prominence, and its postwar efforts to balance the demands of "mature Socialism" and superpower obligations. In the process, we will devote special attention to the state-society relations, the problems of economic development, and the tensions between revolutionary ideas and economic and political realities.
  www.pitt.edu/~caswww/cdesc/ds043051/hist.htm#0302Soviet%20Russia - January 16, 2004

• Studies in Russian History , Hamilton College
  Topic for 2005: The Muscovite Empire. An examination of early-modern Russian expansion into Ukraine and Siberia, including its encounters with Muslims and animists, Cossacks and bandits. Topics include patterns of settlement, conversion to Orthodoxy, resistance to colonial rule and frontier rebellions. (Writing-intensive.)
  www.hamilton.edu/applications/catalogue/catalogue_search.cfm?action=CourseDisplay&ID=1305 - August 26, 2004

• The Russian Empire: The Imperial Perspective , Cornell University
  The Russian Empire is frequently presented as an actor in the European state system. Moreover, study of imperialism and colonialism tends to focus on the Western European, transoceanic, empires. Yet there was an equally important European form of imperialism: the dynastic land empire--such as the Ottoman, Austrian, and Russian empires. "The Russian Empire: The Imperial Perspective" will present the Russian empire as a multiethnic, multiconfessional empire. It will highlight both the violence of conquest as well as the forms of cooperation and integration that allowed the Russian state to rule vast stretches of Eurasia. We will examine the similarities and contrasts between dynastic land empires and the more commonly studies transoceanic, commercial ones (England, France, Holland).
  cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/Courses/CoSdetail.phtml?college=AS&number=227&prefix=HIST&title=The+Russian+Empire%3A+The+Imperial+Perspective%2C+1700%26ndash%3B1917+%23+%28III%29+%28HA%29 - January 20, 2005

• Topics in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics , University of Toronto
  Four-hundred level course listing of the Political Science department of the University of Toronto. This course (POL422Y1) explores nationalities issues. We will examine interpretations of the development and role of ethnic politics and ethnonationalism in the Soviet Union, especially the role of ethnonationalism in contributing to the disintegration of the Soviet state. We will also explore the role of ethnonationalism in state building and interstate relations in the successor states. In the other term, the seminar will focus upon the relationship between law and politics in the USSR and post-Soviet Russia. Readings and discussions will deal with the history of this relationship and the politics of judicial and constitutional reform since 1985.
  www.chass.utoronto.ca/polsci/information/undergrad/courses/fall_winter/courses_offered/400_level.htm - August 5, 2004

• Twentieth-Century Russia and the Soviet Union , Cornell University
  An introductory lecture course spanning the lifetime of the U.S.S.R. (1917-1991), but covering the last years of the Russian Empire and the first years of the post-communist present as well. Geographically, it focuses on the Russian heartland and the non-Russian areas of the Soviet Union. The course will explore the roots and consequences of the Russian Revolution; the nature and evolution of Leninism, Stalinism, and Soviet communism; the entrenchment of reform of the post-Stalinist system; and the legacy of communism for the region's new regimes. Students are introduced to a wide variety of historical materials, including documents, essays, memoirs, literature, and film.
  cuinfo.cornell.edu/Academic/Courses/CoSdetail.phtml?college=AS&number=290&prefix=HIST&title=Twentieth-Century+Russia+and+the+Soviet+Union+%28III%29+%28HA%29 - January 20, 2005

• Women and Gender in Russian History , University of Toronto
  Focus is on the history of women and systems of gender in Russia and the Soviet Union. Themes include gender and authority during the age of empresses; pre-revolutionary radical movements; the impact 1917 Revolution and its impact on women\'s lives; the resurrection of conservative gender conventions during Stalin\'s regime; the experience of women during perestroika.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

• Women and the Russian Revolution , University of Toronto
  A seminar on the history of women in Russia and the Soviet Union from the reform era to the present. The purpose is to assess the impact of socio-economic structures, ideology, and political developments on the changing lives of women in Russia/USSR.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

• Women in Russian Society , University of Iowa
  This course examines the roles and social positions that women have occupied in Russian society from medieval times to the present. Particular focus of our study will include the private (domestic) sphere, the rural and urban communities, evolving patterns of public roles and positions afforded women since the 19th century, the role of education and work in creating the new "Soviet" woman, and finally, the tremendous transitions for women in post-1991 Russian society. To explore the many facets of women's lives, particularly their contributions to social, political, and historical events in Russia, we will draw from a variety of materials from several disciplines, including social history, political science, popular culture, fictional literature by male and female Russian authors, autobiography, and film.
  isis2.uiowa.edu/isis/courses/detail/041:160:001 - January 12, 2005

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• Intro to Politics of Russia & Eurasia , Iowa University
  Russia and such Eurasian countries as Uzbekistan have assumed a new importance for U.S. foreign policy and for world affairs. These postcommunist countries reveal the great variety in how political systems can function. Since 1991, some have moved close to democracy such as practiced in the U.S. or Western Europe. Others simply switched to new, noncommunist authoritarianism. Moreover, they face daunting political, security, economic, social, and environmental problems.
  isis4.uiowa.edu/isis/courses/detail/030:041 - August 9, 2004

• Introduction to Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Relations , Boston University
  Decisive factors in the foreign relations of Russia and the other former Soviet republics, including historical continuity and change, survival and change of ideology, domestic politics, economic and geographical factors, military and external political considerations. The future of arms control, nuclear weapons, the economy, and relations among the former republics are also examined.
  www.bu.edu/ir/undergrad/undergradcourses.html - September 22, 2004

• Politics of Russia , Concordia University
  This course is a study of the government and politics of the old and the new Russia, including emerging political, social, and economic structures, conflicts, and issues.
  artsandscience.concordia.ca/politicalscience/Courses_Description.html - August 5, 2004

• Politics of Russia and Eastern Europe , University of Southern California
  Culture, society, and politics in Russia and in Eastern Europe. Contemporary political institutions and processes.
  www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2003/las/LAS_POSC/coi.html - September 21, 2004

• Russia and the World , Princeton University
  The fall, rise, and fall of Russian power in the 20th century. Issues considered include explaining the rise, decline, and collapse of great powers; the connection between imperial and international strategy; and the influence of personality, domestic politics, and ideas. Topics covered include Soviet grand strategy, collapse of the Soviet state, the merging international politics of post-Soviet Eurasia, Russia\'s post-Soviet identity, and the prospects for Russian resurgence.
  www.princeton.edu/pr/catalog/ua/03/304.htm - August 12, 2004

• Russia's International Policies I , Boston University
  Soviet approaches to international policy, 1917-1985; ideological and practical aspects. The policy-formation process and its machinery, strategic and tactical concepts from Lenin to Gorbachev and history of interparty relations.
  www.bu.edu/ir/gradcourses.html - September 22, 2004

• Russia's International Policies II , Boston University
  Soviet and post-Soviet approaches to international policy (including Russia's relations with the former Soviet Republics), 1985-present and ideological and practical aspects. The policy formation process and its machinery; the impact of competing institutions and organizations on that process. Strategic and tactical concepts in the Gorbachev era and post-Soviet Russia. The impact of geopolitical and other permanent factors.
  www.bu.edu/ir/gradcourses.html - September 22, 2004

• Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy , University of Southern California
  Overview of Soviet and Russian foreign policy in the 20th century. Review of the diplomatic history of the period and introduction to models of foreign policy used to analyze Soviet and Russian behavior.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ir/programs/syllabus.htm - September 21, 2004

• The Politics of Post-Communist Russia , Boston University
  Analysis of the emergent political forces, institutions, and alliances in the post-Soviet Russian Federation, against the background of the unresolved economic, ethnic, and social problems that are the USSR's legacy to the "new Russia." Prospects for stabilization are assessed in the context of the multiple crises facing Russia in the 1990s.
  www.bu.edu/ir/undergrad/undergradcourses.html - September 22, 2004

• Azrael, Jeremy R. , RAND Corporation
  Jeremy Azrael is director of RAND's Center for Russia and Eurasia.ÊBefore joining RAND in 1985, he spent four years as a member of the Policy Planning Council at the Department of State, where he advised Secretary George Shultz on East-West relations. In addition to his service at the State Department, he has served as a National Intelligence Officer on the staff of the director of Central Intelligence and as a senior analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency. Before joining the government, he spent many years as a professor of political science and chairman of the Committee on Slavic Area Studies at the University of Chicago.Ê He has also been a visiting professor at Columbia University, Georgetown University, and UCLA. Dr. Azrael received his B.A. (1956) and Ph.D. (1961) in political science from Harvard.
  www.rand.org/nsrd/cre/azrael.html - October 29, 2004

• Balzer, Harley , Gerogetown University
  Professor Balzer is Associate Professor of Government, and also teaches some courses listed for History credit. Prior to coming to Georgetown he taught at Grinnell College and Boston University, and held post-doctoral fellowships at Harvard's Russian Research Center and the MIT Program in Science, Technology and Society. In 1983 he spent a year as a Congressional Fellow in the office of Congressman Lee Hamilton. In 1993 he served as Executive Director of the International Science Foundation, George Soros's largest single program to aid the former Soviet Union. Dr. Balzer's research interests include Russian politics, social history, science and technology, and education. His publications include "Soviet Science on the Edge of Reform"(1989); an edited volume based on the program's 35th anniversary conference, "Five Years That Shook the World: Gorbachev's Unfinished Revolution", which was named a CHOICE outstanding academic book; and "Russia's Missing Middle Class: The Professions in Russian History". Dr. Balzer's current research focuses on Russian politics and the middle class in Twentieth Century Russia. He is also completing work on a book tentatively titled "The End of Soviet Science: Dismantling Technotopia".
  www.georgetown.edu/departments/government/faculty/balzerh/ - October 19, 2004

• Barnes, Andrew , Kent State Univeristy
  Dr. Barnes is an assistant professor at Kent State University. The fields of professional interest include: post-communist transformations, comparative politics, international political economy, Russia. Dr. Barnes' teaching interests are politics of post-communist states, politics of democratization and marketization, comparative politics, research methods, international political economy, and international relations.
  www.kent.edu/polisci/FacultyStaff/barnes.cfm - October 19, 2004

• Between Dictatorship and Democracy , McFaul, Michael; Pertov, Nikolay; Ryabov, Andrei
  For hundreds of years, dictators have ruled Russia. Do they still? In the late 1980s, Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev launched a series of political reforms that eventually allowed for competitive elections, the emergence of an independent press, the formation of political parties, and the sprouting of civil society. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, these proto-democratic institutions endured in an independent Russia. But did the processes unleashed by Gorbachev and continued under Russian President Boris Yeltsin lead eventually to liberal democracy in Russia? If not, what kind of political regime did take hold in post-Soviet Russia? And how has Vladimir Putin's rise to power influenced the course of democratic consolidation or the lack thereof? Between Dictatorship and Democracy seeks to give a comprehensive answer to these fundamental questions about the nature of Russian politics. This book reflects the unique collaboration of Russian and American scholars.
  www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/books/70184.htm - December 2, 2004

• Carnegie Moscow Center , Carnegie Moscow Center
  In spring 1993, the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace established the Carnegie Moscow Center. The Center accommodates foreign and Russian researchers collaborating with Washington staff on a variety of topical areas and policy-relevant projects. Carnegie Associates work independently on their own research in areas covering a broad range of contemporary policy issues - military, political, and economic. They are encouraged to write and speak freely on the subjects of their work. The Center has developed and continues to expand working relationships with Russian specialists and scholars, educational and research organizations, as well as governmental and non-governmental institutions in order to consider critical domestic and international problems. These relationships take a variety of forms, including workshops, study groups, conferences, visiting lecturers, mailing and publication projects.
  www.carnegie.ru/en/ - December 2, 2004

• Center for Russian Studies , Center for Russian Studies
  Since its establishment in June 1984, the Center for Russian Studies has been concentrating on comprehensive research regarding the former Soviet Union, CIS countries and Eastern Europe by organizing research projects with the participation of researchers and scholars from universities and other research institutions both in Japan and overseas. Historic changes such as the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the reunification of East and West Germany, the establishment of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the disintegration of Yugoslavia, and the turmoil under the Yeltsin government in Russia have underlined the importance of the research activities carried out by the Center. Beginning in 1992, the Center has been inviting a small number of scholars and researchers each year from the former Soviet Union and countries in Central and Eastern Europe in order to enhance intellectual exchange with these countries.
  www.jiia.or.jp/index-en.html - November 23, 2004

• Dakin, Mary , Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies
  Doctor Dakin is an associate director of the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies at Stanford University. Her current research insterests include social welfare policy, labor, nationalities policy and women's issues in the former Soviet Union.
  www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/CREEEStaff_MD.html - November 30, 2004

• DeBardeleben, Joan , DeBardeleben, Joan
  Professional expertise and interests of Professor DeBardeleben include: politics and society in the Soviet successor states, especially Russia; public opinion and survey research; federalism and multi-level governance; labour relations; Russia and the European Union; environmental politics and policy.
  www.carleton.ca/eurus/Faculty/DeBardeleben.htm - February 8, 2005

• Dutkiewicz, Piotr , Dutkiewicz, Piotr
  Piotr Dutkiewicz is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Institute of European and Russian Studies. He is also a Permanent Fellow of the Centre for Civilizational Studies, Russian Academy of Science, and a member of the International Advisory Board of Human Rights Foundation for Civil Society in Moscow. He was educated at Warsaw University (LLM) and the Russian Academy of Science, Moscow (Ph.D.). Professor Dutkiewicz has an extensive expertise in the issues of economic and political development in Russia and Eastern Europe.
  www.carleton.ca/polisci/Faculty/Dutkiewicz/Biography.htm - February 8, 2005

• Ellison, Herbert , Unviersity of Washington
  Herbert J. Ellison is Professor of Russian History and International Studies at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies and the History Department at the University of Washington. He is also Founding Director of Eurasia Policy Studies at The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR). A specialist on the history and politics of Russia, the Soviet Union, and the CIS, as well as an expert on the international relations of East Asia, Professor Ellison received his BA and MA degrees from the University of Washington, and his PhD degree from the University of London's School of Slavonic and East European Studies.
  jsis.artsci.washington.edu/cv/faccv/a-e/ellison.html - October 25, 2004

• Foundations of Democracy / Market in Russia , Gustafson, Thane
  The course explores the foundations of democracy and market in post-Soviet Russia. The central theme of the course is civil society. The course examines the eloemnt of civil society: private property, law, social and professional organizations, attitudes, etc. It then moves on to the study of the foundations of a market economy: private companies, financial structures, markets, and money.
  www.georgetown.edu/departments/government/03Acoursedescrip.pdf - September 21, 2004

• Garcelon, Marc , Garcelon, Marc
  Currently an Assistant Professor in Sociology, Dr. Garcelon is an author of numerous publications examining Russian society in its transition to Democracy. His teaching interests include Development and Globalization, Theory, Culture, Soviet and Postcommunist Russia, Social Movements, Social Change, Historical Sociology, Political Sociology.
  web.middlebury.edu/depts/soca/faculty/Marc_Garcelon.htm - November 30, 2004

• Garnett, Sherman , Michigan State University
  Sherman Garnett is the dean of Michigan State University's James Madison College. Previously, Garnett was a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, where he directed projects on security and national identity in the former Soviet Union and Russian-Chinese relations. He worked for more than a dozen years on arms control and post-Communist security policy questions in a variety of positions in the U.S. government, finishing his government service as the deputy assistant secretary of defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia. Garnett's interests include the former Soviet Union, especially Russian foreign and security policy; Ukraine; and comparative political and security issues for the post-Communist world. His current research interests include contemporary global security problems, political and security trends in Eurasia, and Russian intellectual and literary history.
  newsroom.msu.edu/indexer/256/content.htm - October 11, 2004

• Gleason, Gregory , University of New Mexico
  Gregory Gleason teaches international relations and administration. He is the author of "Federalism and Nationalism: the Struggle for Republican Rights in the USSR" (1991), "Central Asian States: Discovering Independence" (1996), and "Markets and Politics in Central Asia" (2003) as well as scholarly articles in "Europe-Asia Studies", "Problems of Post-Communism", "Asian Perspective" and other journals.
  www.unm.edu/~gleasong/gleas.html - November 2, 2004

• Government and Politics of Russia , University of California, Los Angeles
  The course examines the move from Soviet authoritarianism toward Russian democracy and the question of backsliding. Lectures open with a discussion of the Soviet order and its breakdown under the Gorbachev leadership, 1985-1991. The bulk of the lectures will concern the emergence of Russian political institutions and the political contest during the presidencies of Boris Yeltsin, 1991-1999, and Vladimir Putin, 2000 to the present.
  www.polisci.ucla.edu/faculty/anderson/04S156Asyl.htm - August 6, 2004

• Graduate Program in Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies , Stanford University
  The one-year, internsive program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (AMREEES) program is designed to provide intensive study for serious students who have already built a strong background in Russian and East European Studies (CREEES). This one-year M.A. program offers advanced training in area studies through an interdisciplinary course of study. Program requirements combine language and area courses within social science and humanities disciplines. Students with sufficient background to meet admissions requirements find room for flexibility in their course of study. Students can tailor the one-year course program to fit individual needs and interests. AMREEES students include those seeking careers in government, journalism, NGO and relief organizations, and business; those who hope to pursue a Ph.D. but first want intensive area studies and language training; those who pursue this degree before or concurrently with professional degrees in law, business or public policy; and those who are not yet decided on a career but who want to deepen their understanding of Russia, the former Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe.
  www.stanford.edu/dept/CREES/AcademicPrograms.html - November 30, 2004

• Gvrnt & Polit Ussr/Russ Fedratn , University of Pittsburgh
  A survey of the political systems in the USSR (1917-1991) and its major successor, the Russian Federation (1991-present). The first section deals with the period from the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 until the mid-1980's. The second section examines the efforts to reform the political system under General Secretary Gorbachev. The final section deals with the collapse of the USSR in 1991 and the subsequent development of the Russian Federation as an independent state.
  www.pitt.edu/~caswww/cdesc/ds043051/ps.htm#1341Gvrnt%20&%20Polit%20Ussr/Russ%20Fedratn - January 16, 2004

• Hill, Fiona , The Brookings Institution
  Dr. Fiona Hill is a Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program a The Brookings Institution. She is a frequent commentator on Russian and Eurasian affairs, and has researched and published extensively on a diverse range of issues related to Russia, relations among the states of the former Soviet Union, the Caucasus region, Central Asia, ethno-political conflicts in Euraisa, and energy and strategic issues.
  www.brookings.edu/scholars/fhill.htm - October 22, 2004

• History of the Twentieth-Century Russia , University of Toronto
  A survey of the history of Twentieth-Century Russia. The social, economic, and political development of Twentieth-Century Russia, with an emphasis on the Russian Revolution and Stalinism. Stress is placed on modern historiographical issues.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

• Hoffmann, David L. , Ohio State University
  Professor Hoffmann is a specialist in Russian and Soviet history, with a particular focus on the political, social, and cultural history of Stalinism. He is the author of "Peasant Metropolis: Social Identities in Moscow", 1929-1941, which won the Ohio Academy of History award for best book in 1995. He is also the editor of "Stalinism: The Essential Readings"(Malden: Blackwell Publishers, 2002), and co-editor of "Russian Modernity: Politics, Knowledge, Practices" (London: Macmillan Publishers Ltd., 2000). His most recent monograph, "Stalinist Values: The Cultural Norms of Soviet Modernity, 1917-1941" (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003), analyzes Soviet official culture and the ideological and behavioral norms it was designed to instill. He is currently completing a book entitled, "Cultivating the Masses: The Modern Social State in Russia, 1914-1939", which places Soviet social policies in an international comparative context.
  history.osu.edu/people/person.cfm?ID=696 - October 21, 2004

• Ideology, Interests, and Identity. Comparing Secession Crises in the USSR and Russia , Hanson, Stephen, H.
  The essay is a comparative analysis of the trends and tendencies of nationalism that prevailed in the Soviet Union during the last years of its existence and modern Russia. The author questions common assumption about the post-communist national identity and state formation.    
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/010.PDF - February 7, 2005

• Institute for Law and Public Policy , Institute for Law and Public Policy
  The mission of the Institute for Law and Public Policy (ILPP) is to promote the universal liberal-democratic values and principles of the rule of law, the ideals and principles of pluralistic democracy and genuine equality of individuals. Main Goals and Purposes of the ILPP are: Facilitating the establishment, maintenance and development of scientific, social and political ties on the inter-regional and international levels; Promoting a liberal-democratic political and legal culture in society; Forming a new generation of specialists in the field of law and public policy; Strengthening the legal framework of public policy; Building up the information infrastructure in constitutional and legal development; Broader use of new information technologies in political and legal procedures; Facilitating Russia’s integration into the international legal space and the increasingly globalized world;    Promoting cross-fertilization of different legal systems and cultures.
  www.carleton.ca/eurus/ilpp/about_institute.html - February 8, 2005

• Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideaology, and Policy , Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideaology, and Policy
  Web-site contains various on-line publicationsÊanalyzing current Russian politics and security issues.
  www.bu.edu/iscip/index.html - March 7, 2005

• Into to Politics of Russia and Eurasia , University i\of Iowa
  Russia and such Eurasian countries as Uzbekistan have assumed a new importance for U.S. foreign policy and for world affairs. These postcommunist countries reveal the great variety in how political systems can function. Since 1991, some have moved close to democracy such as practiced in the U.S. or Western Europe. Others simply switched to new, noncommunist authoritarianism. Moreover, they face daunting political, security, economic, social, and environmental problems. After completing this course, students should understand these countries' legacy of Soviet style communist politics; become acquainted with the history, geography, and culture of the region; and are aware of the major problems confronting post communist countries, permitting students to assess how Western countries such as the U.S. should deal with them.
  isis2.uiowa.edu/isis/courses/detail/030:041:001 - January 12, 2005

• Introduction to Russian and Post-Soviet Foreign Relations , Boston University
  Decisive factors in the foreign relations of Russia and the other former Soviet republics, including historical continuity and change, survival and change of ideology, domestic politics, economic and geographical factors, military and external political considerations. The future of arms control, nuclear weapons, the economy, and relations among the former republics are also examined.
  bu.edu/ir/undergrad/undergradcourses.html - August 12, 2004

• Islam in Russia , Hunter, Shireen T.
  This broad study traces the shared history of Russia and Islam in expanding compass¡ªfrom the Tatar civilization within the Russian heartland, to the territories of the Caucasus and Central Asia brought under Imperial Russian and then Soviet rule, to the larger geopolitical and security context of contemporary Russia on the civilizational divide.The study¡¯s distinctive analytical drive stresses political and geopolitical relationships over time and into the very complicated present. Rich with insight, the book is also an incomparable source of factual information about Russia¡¯s Muslim populations, religious institutions, political organizations, and ideological movements.
  csis.zoovy.com/product/0765612836 - February 1, 2005

• Kasai, Tatsuhiko , Kasai, Tatsuhiko
  Mr. Kasai is currently a senior research fellow at the Center for Russian Studies at The Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA). He has a distinguished diplomatic career. For many years he worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan.ÊMr. Kasai also worked at theÊembassies of Japan to the Soviet Union and later to Russia and Ukraine.
  www.jiia.or.jp/index-en.html - November 23, 2004

• Kassianova, Alla , Center for Strategic and International Studies
  Alla Kassianova teaches at the Department of International Relations of Tomsk State University, where she also received her higher education diploma and Ph.D. (kandidatskaya dissertation) in 1996. In 1997 and 2000 she held two IREX short-term research fellowships at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. In 1998-2000 she participated as a local faculty fellow in the Civic Education Project, a non-governmental organization promoting Western approaches to teaching of social sciences in the post-Soviet countries. Her research interests embrace international relations theory, re-conceptualization of security, international information and communication and the foreign policy process.
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/bios/bio_kassianova.htm - November 2, 2004

• Modernization and Power in 20th-Century Russia , Parrott
  Traces the internal development of the Soviet regime and the long-term domestic trends that gradually undermined it. Emphasizes the entrenchment of a new political and economic order under Lenin and Stalin; the pursuit of de-Stalinization and limited reform under Khrushchev; the struggle to transform the system under Gorbachev; and the causes of the system's final collapse.
  www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/res/courses.html - September 20, 2004

• Nadkarni, Vidya , University of San Diego
  Vidya Nadkarni is the graduate advisor in the department. She received her Ph.D. at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She teaches International Politics, Russian Politics and Foreign Policy, American Foreign Policy, and International Relations Theory. She has published articles on Soviet/Russian foreign policy in "Comparative Strategy" and the "Naval War College Review."
  www.sandiego.edu/polisci/faculty.php#VidyaNadkarni - October 28, 2004

• Noonan, Norma C. , Augsburg College
  Norma Noonan is Professor of Political Science and directs the International Relations major at Augsburg. She came to Augsburg in 1966. Trained in comparative and international politics, her special areas of interest include Russia, Russian foreign policy, political leadership, women and leadership. She has published numerous articles and recently published a book, Women in Russian Politics and Society, for which she was a major contributor and co-editor, with Greenwood Press. A frequent speaker on foreign policy and on Russia in the Twin Cities, she has also served as a commentator on Minnesota Public Radio.
  www.augsburg.edu/mal/noonan.html - October 19, 2004

• Olekh, Grigory , Central Eurasian Studies Society (CESS)
  ProfessorÊ of Russian History and Politics at the State Academy of Water-Trasport Engineers of Novosibirsk.
  cess.freenet.kz/CESSpg_memb_dir3.html#Olekh_Grigory - November 2, 2004

• Ostrow, Joel M. , Ostrow, Joel M.
  Dr. Ostrow received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.His expertise is in the political and economic transformation of the postcommunist states of the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Dr. Ostrow has spent over five years living in the region, working on political, cultural and economic issues. He is the author of "Comparing Post-Soviet Legislatures", which compares the design and performance of the new legislatures in the former Soviet Union, published by Ohio State University Press. He has also published widely on the development of democracy, economic reform including budget and tax policy, elections and electoral processes, the media and human rights issues, the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian military and civil-military relations, and U.S.-Russian relations. He is a former Moscow Correspondent for Crain's Communications, where he covered business and marketing developments in Russia, and has made frequent appearances as an expert commentator on Russian political developments on such news programs as "Chicago Tonight" on WTTW, and on news broadcasts on WGN-TV, WMAQ-TV, CLTV, and WBBM radio.
  www.ben.edu/faculty/jostrow/index.html - October 28, 2004

• Political Economy of Russia and Eurasia , University of Southern California
  Interaction of politics and economics in the former Soviet Union and its component republics; the historical planned economy, the politics of reform and the political economy of former Soviet foreign relations.
  www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/ir/programs/syllabus.htm - October 2, 2004

• Politics & Society in Russia , University of Toronto
  Two-hundred level course listings of the Political Science department of the University of Toronto. This course (POL204Y) explores the struggles to build democracy and a market economy in Russia after the collapse of communism. In the first term, we will examine attempts to modernize Russia under Lenin and Stalin. Then we will examine Mikhail Gorbachev's attempt to introduce radical reform, leading to the collapse of the Soviet Union. In the second term we will explore the transition from communism and ask whether Russia is advancing along a path of democratization or authoritarianism. This will lead to an exploration of: economic reform, corruption and the rise of the oligarchs; institutional reform and the emergence of superpresidentialism; federalism and the rise of regional warlords; elections, parties and elites with a close look at the leadership of Eltsin and Putin; the weakness of civil society (labour, women, the media) and the unique role of organized crime; and, nationalism.
  www.chass.utoronto.ca/polsci/information/undergrad/courses/fall_winter/courses_offered/200_level.htm - August 5, 2004

• Politics and Society in Russia , University of Toronto
  Explores the struggles to build democracy and a market economy after communist rule. Topics include: the Soviet system and its collapse; constitutions, federalism, presidential power, and executive - legislative conflict; ethnic politics and ethnonationalism; the new classes; corruption and organized crime; Russia's relations with its neighbours; and, comparison of the transition process in post-Soviet states.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_pol.htm - January 1, 2004

• Politics and Society in Russia I , Georgetown University
  The course discription is not yet available .
  www.georgetown.edu/departments/government/cd04c.pdf - September 21, 2004

• Politics and Society in Russia II , Bazler, Harley
  The course examines the crisis of the USSR in the 19980s and the "perestroika", the efforts to create a new Russian political system following the demise of the USSR. The Russian experience is analyzed in the context of the more general problem of "transitions" toward more open political and economic system in former communist settings and in countries that did not have communist governments.
  www.georgetown.edu/departments/government/03Acoursedescrip.pdf - September 21, 2004

• Politics in Russia and the CIS , Hamilton University
  Examination from historical and comparative perspectives of the politics after the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union. Focuses on the Soviet legacy, the reforms of the Gorbachev and Yeltsin eras, and the disintegration of the Union. Topics include the rise of nationalism and ethnic politics, the creation of political parties, the dilemmas of combining marketization and democratization, and the prospects for democracy after Yeltsin.
  www.hamilton.edu/applications/catalogue/catalogue_search.cfm?action=CourseDisplay&ID=1806 - August 26, 2004

• Politics in Russia and the CIS , Hamilton College
  politics after the collapse of communism in the former Soviet Union. Focuses on the Soviet legacy, the reforms of the Gorbachev and Yeltsin eras, and the disintegration of the Union. Topics include the rise of nationalism and ethnic politics, the creation of political parties, the dilemmas of combining marketization and democratization, and the prospects for democracy after Yeltsin.
  www.hamilton.edu/academics/courses.html?dept=Government - January 19, 2005

• Politics of Russia , Davis, S.
  This course will focus on contemporary Russian politics with some reference to other Post-Soviet States. Russian politics cannot be understood without some historical context, so the course will spend a little time covering history under the Tsarist and Soviet regimes. The bulk of the course will deal with the Russian Federation under Presidents Yeltsin and Putin. Constitutional debates, federalism, ethnic issues, political struggles, the Chechen War, changing relations with the US and NATO and more will be covered in addition to looking at the institutional arrangements in Russia (executive, legislative, judicial).
  www.denison.edu/catalogs/POSC.html#POSCcourses - August 30, 2004

• Politics of Russia and the Former Soviet Union , Kansas State University
  Primary focus of the course will be on problems involved in the transition from communism to a more democratic policy.
  courses.ksu.edu/catalog/undergraduate/as/polsc.html - September 21, 2004

• Post-Soviet Politics , Southwest Missouri State University
  The politics and governments of the former Soviet Union, its Marxist-Leninist ideology, and the dominant role of the Communist Party will be used to illustrate the dramatic changes having taken place since 1991. Political and economic reforms introduced by Gorbachev will be highlighted, and reasons for the Soviet Union's subsequent collapse and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States will be discussed.
  www.smsu.edu/recreg/dept_ps.html#Pls_Courses - August 19, 2004

• Preston, Thomas , Washington State University
  Dr. Thomas Preston received his M.A. at the University of Essex (United Kingdom) and his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH). A specialist in security policy, foreign affairs, and political psychology, Dr. Preston joined Washington State University in 1994. He teaches undergraduate courses on international relations, U.S. foreign policy, U.S. national security policy, and Russian politics. At the graduate level, he offers courses in international security and the psychology of leadership and decision-making. He is the author of The President and His Inner Circle: Leadership Style and the Advisory Process in Foreign Affairs (2001, Columbia University Press) and numerous refereed journal articles and book chapters on leadership and foreign policy analysis. He is currently working on a second book, From Lambs to Lions: Nuclear and Biological Weapon Proliferation's Impact on Future Interstate Security Relationships. He has frequently served as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Defense, Central Intelligence Agency, and Defense Intelligence Agency.
  libarts.wsu.edu/polisci/faculty-staff/detail.asp?ID=23 - October 19, 2004

• Privatization in eastern Europe and the Republics of teh Former Soviet Union , Columbia University
  With the breakup of the Soviet Empire and the demise of the central-command economy has come a rush to privatization in these states. Additionally, political structures and processes are changing at the same time as economic institutions and processes. Given the stakeholders and the resources involved as well as the social upheaval, it is not surprising that the privatization process has been inconsistent in application, chaotic, and generally difficult. Different approaches, techniques, and mechanisms have been employed with varying results. This course comparatively examines the processes involved in the transformation by analyzing the philosophy, approaches, techniques, and mechanisms taken by the various administrations in the region.
  www.sipa.columbia.edu/CourseDescriptions/index.html - September 23, 2004

• Pro et Contra Journal , Carnegie Moscow Center
  The Moscow Center launched its quarterly policy journal, Pro et Contra, in the fall of 1996. Each issue is devoted to a central theme focusing, in turn, on either the international or domestic affairs of Russia and the CIS countries. The journal offers readers a diverse collection of articles and essays which deliver sophisticated, in-depth, and incisive assessments of contemporary policy issues. Pro et Contra also features profiles of political leaders, journalistic essays, book reviews, and letters from readers. Each issue - including English-language summaries of every article - is posted in its entirety on the Carnegie Moscow Center's web site.
  www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/procontra/ - December 2, 2004

• Readings in Russian Studies , American Military University
  The purpose of this course is to enable the student to evaluate and assess the development of the Russian state and its problems and challenges, beginning with the tsarist period of the Russian empire, proceeding through the revolutionary Soviet period to the height of its power during the Cold War, to the collapse of the Soviet Union and its dissolution into Russia and its separate "near abroad" republics in the post Cold War era. In addition to a final paper, students will also interact in discussion groups and chat sessions and will participate in an end of course online simulation of a potential hypothetical crisis in Russia's near future.
  www.apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=NS - January 5, 2005

• Revolutionary Russia and the Soviet Union , Beloit College
  Social, cultural, political, and economic development in the history of Russia from the mid-19th century through the provisional government and the establishment of the Soviet Union to the present.
  www.beloit.edu/~academic/fields/majors/history_courses.php - January 11, 2005

• Richter, James G. , Richter, James G.
  Professor Richter's research at the moment concerns the role of non-governmental organizations and transnational activism in global governance, with particular attention to the impact of democratic assistance and transnational activism on the feminist and environmental movements in Russia. The courses he teaches include international politics, the politics of post-communism and environmental diplomacy, as well as seminars in theories of international politics and in NGOs and World Politics. His  publications include "Khrushchev's Double Bind," a study of cold war politics in the 1950s and 1960s, as well as recent articles on the impact of international assistance on the women's movement in Russia.
  www.bates.edu/x33161.xml - October 28, 2004

• Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire , Parrott
  Surveys Soviet diplomacy under Lenin, the strengthening of Moscow's geopolitical position under Stalin and Khrushchev, and the transformation of foreign relations under Gorbachev.Topics include the evolution of Moscow's external objectives, its choice of foreign-policy instruments, and its policies toward Europe, the US, and Asia.
  www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/res/courses.html - September 20, 2004

• Rough Crossing: Democracy in Russia , Kuchins A.; Trenin D.; Trudolyubov, M.; Yefimova N. eds.
  This collected volume includes 12 articles on the development of democracy, both in Russia and elsewhere, written by scholars from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and the Carnegie Moscow Center. The articles appeared in Russian in the daily Moscow-based business newspaper Vedomosti (published in affiliation with the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal) between Nov. 24, 2003, and Feb. 25, 2004.
  www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/books/8905Rough%20Crossin_book.pdf - December 2, 2004

• Rules for Followers: Institutional Theory, Russia, and the New Politics of Economic Backwardness , Woodruff, David M.
  This essay concerns how Russia's chances to build effective market-sustaining institutions are affected by the legacy of state socialism and the character of the international environment at the end of the twentieth century. Russia's effort to become integrated into the international economy on the basis of the institutional forms generally considered legitimate by powerful actors in that economy has had real but shallow success. The author examines key market institutions - money and property rights in joint-stock corporations.  
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/013.PDF - February 7, 2005

• Russia and the Newly Independent States , University of Richmond
  Recent developments in the former Soviet Union. Ethnic, cultural, religious, and economic diversity, political institutions, parties, and elections; and current leaders.
  polisci.richmond.edu/curriculum/plsc_342.htm - August 12, 2004

• Russia and the World , Boston University
  Anaylsis of Russian foreign policy in the late imperial, Soviet, and post-Soviet periods. Shifting policy patterns toward Russia's border lands, Europe, the United States, China, and the Third World.
  bu.edu/polisci/COURSES/courdesc.html - September 17, 2004

• Russia's International Policies I , Boston University
  Graduate core regional course; for seniors and graduate students only. Russian (Soviet and post-Soviet) approaches to international policy (including relations with other former Soviet republics); ideological and practical aspects. The policy-formation process and its machinery; domestic (including factional) impact upon that process. Strategic and tactical concepts from Lenin to Putin. The history of interstate and interparty relations.
  bu.edu/ir/undergrad/undergradcourses.html - August 12, 2004

• Russia: The Next Ten Years , Kuchins, Andrew; Trening, Dmintri eds.
  This collection of essays, written by current and former staff of the Carnegie Moscow Center and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, marks the Center’s ten-year anniversary. The pieces offer thoughts on the directions today’s Russia is taking and on its prospects for the future. They also consider the most vital issues facing the country: sustaining economic growth, streamlining bureaucracy, presidential power and federalism, social policy, security, and relations with the West, Asia and the former Soviet republics. The publication is aimed at a broad spectrum of readers interested in Russia’s economy and its domestic and foreign policy.
  www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/books/8690layout_final.pdf - December 2, 2004

• Russian & Soviet Foreign Policy , Indiana University
  This course will examine the evolution of Soviet foreign policy in the period after World War II and the foreign policy of Russia since the collapse of the Soviet state. Topics may include the legacy of the Russian past and of Soviet experience in international affairs before 1945; the impact of ideology on Soviet and Russian decisions and actions; and the institutions involved in the making of Moscow's foreign policy. Readings, lectures and discussion will analyze Soviet condut during the Cold War, the changes in Soviet policy that led to the end of the Cold War, and Russian's relations with the West in the post-Cold War era. We will also discuss the continuities and discontinuities between the foreign policies of the USSR and contemporary Russia and the dilemmas Russia faces in a new and very different world order.
  www.indiana.edu/~iupolsci/coursesfall2003.html#y368 - September 20, 2004

• Russian and Soviet Politics , Roche, Michel
  This course explores the institutions of the Soviet system and pressures to reform this system. Examines specific changes made to the system through democratization and market reform. Compares these changes to similar transitions in other countries to assess possible twists in Russian's political future.
  upload.mcgill.ca/politicalscience/course02_poli329.pdf - August 5, 2004

• Russian Foreign Policy , Georgetown University
  The course examines Russian foreign policy and its Soviet origins. topics covered: the rise and fall of the Cold War; domestic sources of Russian foreign policy; Russia's relations with its neighbors; US-Russian relations; Russia and Europe; Russia and Asia; Russia and the global economy.
  www.georgetown.edu/departments/government/cd04c.pdf - September 21, 2004

• Russian Foreign Policy , Gvosdev, Nikolas K.
  This cource will provide students with an overview of the sources of contemporary Russian foreign policy (including the legacies bequeathed by the Soviet Union) and to examine Russia's position in the international system and her relations with the great powers  and with her immediate neighbors. 
  www.georgetown.edu/departments/government/04acoursedescrip.pdf - September 21, 2004

• Russian Political Ideas , Indiana University
  Historical roots of contemporary Russian political culture. Critical study of major political thinkers from Radishchev to present, including Karamzin, Decembrists, Chaadaev, Slavophiles, narodnik movement, bolshevism, Trotsky, political dissent in former USSR.
  www.indiana.edu/~bulletin/iub/coas/political.html#course - September 20, 2004

• Russian Politics , Indiana University
  With over 20,000 nuclear warheads, territory spanning 1/7 of the globe's land mass, and 150 million people, Russia is surely one of the states in which developments could most directly affect the lives and liberties of Americans and citizens of other countries. Through a combination of lectures, readings, films and in-class exercises, students will examine possible causes of the political instability that has plagued Russia since its Communist regime collapsed in 1991. Factors to be studied include history, culture, economic reforms, ethnic strife, political institutions, and leadership. Related questions to be addressed include: What drove the USSR todisintegrate? Why has the Russian economy been so troubled and whatare its future prospects? Is President Vladimir Putin a budding dictator or a law-and-order democrat?
  www.indiana.edu/~deanfac/blfal04/pols/pols_y332_25977.html - September 20, 2004

• Russian Politics , St. Olaf College
  What are the factors shaping Soviet and Post-Soviet political development? Students consider the impact of the Russian Empire on Soviet political development, Stalinism and its causes, political change under Khrushchev and Brezhnev and changes occurring during and after Perestroika. Students examine conceptual models of post-Soviet politics, current policies and institutions and political and economic changes in the former U.S.S.R.
  stolaf.edu/catalog/academicprogram/political-science.html#courses - August 19, 2004

• Russian Politics , University of Pennsylvania
  This course will present an in-depth examination of political, economic and social change in post-Soviet Russia within a historical context. After a brief discussion of contemporary problems in Russia, the first half of the course will delve into the rise of communism in 1917, the evolution of the Soviet regime, and the tensions between ideology and practice over the seventy years of communist rule up until 1985. The second part of the course will begin with an examination of the Gorbachev period and the competing interpretations of how the events between 1985 and 1991 may have contributed to the collapse of the Soviet Union. It will then proceed to make sense of the continuities and changes in politics, economics and society in contemporary Russia. Important topics will include the conflicts and changing relations between the Russian President and the Russian Parliament; the emergence of competing leaders and parties with particular attention to the appeal of liberal, socialist, and nationalist ideologies; the struggle over economic privatization and its social and political implications; the questions of regionalism and center-periphery relations in the Russian Federation; and prospects for Russia's future under Vladimir Putin and his successors. 
  www.ssc.upenn.edu/polisci/courses/descrip/descS2004.doc - September 23, 2004

• Russian-American Relations , Lynch, Allen
  Analyzes Soviet-U.S. and Russian-U.S. relations, with a focus on the post-1945 period; Cold War and contemporary issues.
  etg08.itc.virginia.edu/cod.pages/20043/ASF/POLT.html - August 26, 2004

• Saint-Petersburg State University , Saint-Petersburg State University
  The web-site contains information on academic programs research projects of the institution. The russian part of the site can be a valuable reference for students looking for opportunities to study in Russia.
  www.spbu.ru/e/ - February 8, 2005

• Satarov, Georgi , Satarov, Georgi
  Georgi Satarov is a founding member and, since 1997, president of INDEM Foundation in Moscow, Russia. Prior to directing INDEM, he was general director of the Russian Public Policy Center and from 1994 to 1997 served as an advisor to President Yeltsin. He also is a member of the Presidential Commission on Government Reform, the Vice-Chairman of the National Anticorruption Committee (an NGO), a member of the United Commission for the Coordination of Legislative Activities, and a member of the World Bank External Advisory Board on Governance and Anticorruption. In April 2000, President Putin presented Georgi Sartarov with the Order of Honor for his service to Russia. He has a PhD in systems and management analysis and an MA in mathematics and teaches at Moscow State University. He has published extensively on governance, political history, the contemporary political process in Russia, and corruption.
  www.altus.org/altus/about/about.asp?section_id=1&sub_section_id=5&lang=en - October 28, 2004

• Seminar: Post- Soviet Russian Politics , Gustafson, Thane
  The seminar focuses on the process of building a market economy in Russia (and secondarily in the other countries of the Former Soviet Union). Topics to be discussed include: the Russian stock market, evasion, crime and the legal system, Russian privatization and entrepreneurship.
  www.georgetown.edu/departments/government/cd02c.pdf - September 21, 2004

• Seminar: Soviet and Post-Soviet Foreign Policy , Stent
  The research seminar focuses on Russia's Soviet and post-Soviet foreign policy, including relations with the Newly Independent States.
  www.georgetown.edu/departments/government/cdspringS02.pdf - September 21, 2004

• Sergeev, Victor , Moscow State Institute of International Realtions
  Born in Moscow, 1944, graduated from Moscow Power Engineering Institute, 1967; (applied physical optics), Moscow State University, 1970 (mathematics). Received Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at the Academy of Science of USSR,1974 (Statistical Physics and Computer Simulations). After that that switched his interests to Artificial Intelligence and Decision Making Analysis. Senior Scientist at Moscow State Institute for International Relations (1978-1986), Head of Laboratory for the Analysis of Political Decision Making at the Institute of U.S. and Canada Studies of the Academy of Sciences of USSR (1986-1990). At that period worked on the problems of computer understanding of natural languages and neural network models of collective decision making. Deputy director of the Center for Analysis of Social, Political, Scientific and Technological Problems of the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences (1990-1998). Now is a professor of comparative politics and director of the Center for International Studies at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (University).Doctor of science (history) at the Moscow State University, 1994.Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, 1997.During 1990-2002 has been visiting professor at the University of California (Berkeley), the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences (Uppsala),Institute for Futures Studies (Stockholm), Leiden University. Honorary research professor at the Leeds University (U.K.) 1995-2000. An author of seven books and more then 130 articles in physics, AI, cognitive science, political science, history, theoretical economics.
  www.santafe.edu/education/international/intlfel02/sergeev.php - October 14, 2004

• Shvetsova, Olga , Duke University
  Olga Shvetsova is currently a fellow at the Micro-Incentives Research Center at Duke University. She recieved her Master's and Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology. Professor Shvetsova wrote her dissertation on Electoral Institution Design. Current interests include: political economy, theory of elections, ethnicity, comparative political parties, Russian and Eastern European politics.
  www.duke.edu/~shvetso/ - October 27, 2004

• Soviet Politics and Society, 1917 - 1991 , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Explores political and historical evolution of Soviet state and society from 1917 Revolution to its demise in 1991. Subject covers the creation of a revolutionary regime; causes and nature of the Stalin revolution; post-Stalinist efforts to achieve radical political and social reform; and causes of the Soviet collapse.
  student.mit.edu/catalog/m21Ha.html#21H.467 - January 13, 2005

• State and Politics of the Former Soviet Union , Gustafson, Thane
  The course is an introduction to Russian politics since the collapse of the Soviet state, the evolution of Russian society, and the recent changes in the Russian political system. The cource focuses on the emerging foundations of democracy and the market in Russia.
  www.georgetown.edu/departments/government/cd02c.pdf - September 21, 2004

• Talbott, Strobe , The Brookings Institution
  Stobe Talbot assumed the presidency of the Brookings Institution in July 2002 after a career in journalism, government and academe. His areas of expertise include Russia/former Soviet Union, South Asia and U.S. foreign policy.
  www.brookings.edu/scholars/stalbott.htm - October 18, 2004

• The International Relations of the Post-Soviet States , Harvard University
  This course is designed to explore the foreign policies of Russia and the other post-Soviet states.It will begin with an examination of the legacies of Soviet foreign policy and the collapse of the USSR. We will then go on to explore issues in contemporary Russian foreign policy beginning with relations with the West, including NATO and EU expansion. With that as a context, we will look at Russian ties with the other post-Soviet states and at these new states' foreign policies toward the outside world. We will look at the role of energy in Russia's relations with the West and with the other post-Soviet states.  We will conclude the semester with a preliminary analysis of the state of Russian ties with the West in the aftermath of the war in Iraq.
  www.courses.fas.harvard.edu/~gov1885/syllabus/syl2004.doc - August 24, 2004

• The Party's On: The Impact of Political Organizations in Russia's Duma Elections , Hale, Henry E.
  Do political parties matter in Russia? From one perspective, they clearly do. Half of the Russian parliamemt (the Duma) is elected on teh basis of proportional representation (PR), according to which system only registered political movements can compete. Observers frequently charge, however, the political parties matter little outside the boundaries of the specific district where the PR takes place. The article provides some valuable insights regarding this process.
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/015.PDF - February 7, 2005

• The Politics of Post-Communist Russia , Boston University
  Analysis of the emergent political focus, institutions, and alliances in the post-soviet Russian Federation, against the background of the unresolved economic, ethnic, and social problems that are the USSR's legacy to the "new Russia"; prospects for stabilization are assessed in the context of the multiple crises facing Russia in the 1990s.
  www.bu.edu/polisci/COURSES/courdesc.html - August 12, 2004

• The Reemergence of Russia , Boston University
  Disintegration of the old Soviet system and signs of a reemerging Russia; careers of Gorbachev and Yeltsin and their attack on the foundations of Stalinism; Moscow's role in the 1989 revolutions; the August 1991 coup d'etat. The legacy of communism in the present medical and ecological crises; current political developments.
  web.bu.edu/ir/syllabi/casir542.html - August 12, 2004

• The Strange Death of the Soviet Union: Nationalism, Democratization, and Leadership , Hale, Henry E.
  The author tries to solve the puzzle of Soviet Collapse. The article attempts to answer the questions of why did the Soviet Union Collapse? What does this historical milestone tell us about the possible fate of other multi-national states and the fate of Russia?  
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/012.PDF - February 7, 2005

• Topics in Russian and Soviet Film , Beloit College
  This course examines Russian and Soviet film from the 1920s to the present. Topics vary and may include the relation between Soviet and Western film theory; the depiction of Russian history in Soviet film (for example, the mythology of the October Revolution); the impact of glasnost on Soviet film; or developments in post-Soviet film. Films by pioneering Russian directors like Vertov and Eisenstein will be studied in the context of their impact on film theory, as well as of their relation to Russian and Soviet history.
  www.beloit.edu/~academic/fields/minors/russianstudies_courses.php - January 11, 2005

• Topics in Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics , University of Toronto
  Ethnic politics and emergence of ethnonationalism in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet world, especially the role of ethnic politics and ethnonationalism in the collapse of the Soviet state and post-Soviet relations. Law and politics in the USSR and its successor states, especially the politics of judicial and constitutional reform since 1985.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_pol.htm - January 17, 2005

• Topics on Russian and Soviet Foreign Policy , University of Toronto
  Tsarist and Soviet foreign relations from the Crimean War to the present with emphasis on continuity and change. The seminar examines major themes in Russian and Soviet foreign policy behaviour on the basis of assigned readings.
  www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/ofr/calendar/crs_his.htm - January 17, 2005

• Trade and Politics in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union , Crane, Keith & Slay, Ben
  This course examines the background of and recent developments in the political, business, and cultural environment confronting American firms and policy makers engaged in Eastern Europe and the Soviet successor states. Particular emphasis is placed on the economics of the transition from state socialism to capitalism. Specific topics include: the institutions, policies, and performance of socialist and transition economies; macroeconomic stabilization and liberalization; foreign trade, investment, and external transformation; privatization; banking and financial reform; labor markets and social welfare systems; and legal reform.
  www.gmu.edu/departments/t-icp/course/syllabi/98fa/750.htm - September 21, 2004

• Troitski, Mikhail , Academic Educational Forum on International Relations
  Mikhail Troitski was born in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) in 1977. He holds an MA from the School of International Relations, St. Petersburg State University (1999), and a Ph.D. from the Institute for U.S. and Canadian Studies (ISKRAN), Russian Academy of Sciences (2003). Mikhail Troitski has been teaching History of International Relations, Russian Foreign Policy and International Security courses at Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO-University) since 2003. In 2001-2003, he taught History of International Relations at the School of World Politics based in ISKRAN. Since 2000, Mikhail Troitski has been working at ISKRAN as junior research fellow. In 2000-2001 he was a staff writer at the VekEWeekly (Moscow). In February-June 2001, he worked as an intern at Geneva Centre for Security Policy. Since September 2001, Mikhail Troitski is deputy director of the Academic Educational Forum on International Relations.
  www.obraforum.ru/pdf/TAunion-troitski-OnAuthor.pdf - October 21, 2004

• Tsygankov, Andrei P. , San Francisco State University
  Andrei Tsygankov is an assistant professor of International Relations and Political Science at San Francisco State University. The areas of his expertise include Comparative Politics, International Relations, Russia and Former Soviet Union. Professor Tsygankov is an author of many books and articles on Russian Politics, Identity and Culture.
  bss.sfsu.edu/tsygankov/ - October 14, 2004

• Twentieth-Century Russia , Kansas State University
  The course examines the turbulent history of modern Russia, including the upheaval of the Russian Revolution and Civil War, Stalin's transformation of Soviet society, World War II, failed attempts to transform the Soviet system, and the fall of the Soviet Union.
  courses.ksu.edu/catalog/undergraduate/as/hist.html - September 21, 2004

• U.S.- Russia Relations , Sullivan, Bryan Paige
  Since the end of World War II, the foreign policy of the United States has combined two basic approaches to describing and prescribing the behavior of great and small powers in the international system. Though they have experienced many theoretical modifications over the years, these two approaches remain at their core political idealism and political realism.During the Cold War, U.S. foreign policy borrowed from both of these prescriptions for America\'s role in the international community. However, a major shift occurred with the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Idealists—from both the Democratic and Republican Parties—seized upon the euphoria associated with the end of communism and used it to advance their own approach to U.S. post-Cold War foreign policy.This volume explains how idealists dominated U.S. policies toward the new Russian state after the demise of the Soviet Union, and how those idealists began to define policy toward Russia partly in reaction to Russia\'s relationships with the other 14 successor states. In doing so, the author argues, the United States actually drove some individual successor states back into Russia\'s orbit and created a backlash against many of the democratic reforms being advanced by American idealists for Russia and the other post-Communist states.The author describes and analyzes how U.S. policy toward Russia in the political, economic, and military arenas failed to reach the ostensible goal of integrating Russia into the Western world. The more important goal for U.S. idealists was to transform Russia\'s domestic system, but by intervening in Russia\'s domestic affairs, often to criticize or judge various parties in Russian politics, U.S. policymakers in the 1990s stimulated a reaction against the United States-only lately being overcome in the aftermath of September 11, 2001.
  csis.zoovy.com/product/0892064137 - February 1, 2005

• Vassilieva, Anna , Monterey Institute of International Studies
  Associate Professor and Russian Studies Program Head, Graduate School of Language and Educational Linguistics and Graduate School of International Policy Studies. Expertise: Contemporary Russia; Russian press; Russian culture and society; Siberia.
  www.miis.edu/gsips-faculty.html?id=141 - October 2, 2004

• When Capitalism and Democracy Collide in Transition: Russia's "Weak" State as an Imediment to Democratic Consolidation , McFaul, Michael
  Russia appears to have made tremendous progress in becoming a democracy in recent years. The series of democratic achievements in remarkable, especially when compared to other periods of Russia\'s history - be it the confrontation and ultimately bloody politics of the first years of the new Russian state, the seventy years of totalitarian rule under the communists, or the hundreds of years of autocratic government under the tsars. To develop an argument about the centrality of state weakness to Russia\'s current impasse, the essay defines the state and its attributesÊusing the framework ofÊthe three properties: internal cohesion, state-society relations, and state capacity.
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/001.PDF - February 1, 2005

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• Alexeev, Mikhail , San Diego State University
  Mikhail A. Alexseev is Assistant Professor in the political science department at San Diego State University. Prior to this, he taught at Appalachian State University, a member institution of the University of North Carolina. Alexseev earned his B.A from in 1985 and his M.A. in 1989 from Kiev State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1996. A native of the former Soviet Union, Alexseev worked as a Kremlin correspondent in the late Gorbachev period and became one of the first Soviet citizens to receive a NATO Democratic Institutions Fellowship in 1990. Dr. Alexseev specializes in threat assessment of interstate and internal wars, with an emphasis on ethnopolitical conflict, and in the political economy of center-periphery relations in post-communist Russia. He is the author of "Without Warning: Threat Assessment, Intelligence, and Global Struggle"(St. Martin's Press and Macmillan, 1997) and is the editor of "A Federation Imperiled: Center-Periphery Conflict in Post-Soviet Russia"(St. Martin's Press and Macmillan, 1999). With funding provided by the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Harvard-based Pacific Basin Research Center of the Soka University of America, Alexseev is currently developing methods for and collecting data on preventive monitoring of interethnic hostility in the Russian Far East.
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/bios/bio_alexseev.htm - October 28, 2004

• BARBAROSSA: Blitzkrieg into Russia , American Military University
  The course carefully considers strategic applications of the German attack on Moscow in 1941.
  www.apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=LW - September 21, 2004

• Blank, Stephen J. , Strategic Studies Institute
  Dr. Stephen J. Blank has served as the Strategic Studies Institute's expert on the Soviet bloc and the post-Soviet world since 1989. His areas of expertise include Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States and Eastern Europe.
  www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pubs/people.cfm?authorID=21 - October 18, 2004

• Chuen, Cristina , Monterey Institute of International Studies
  Cristina Chuen is a Ph.D. candidate in International Affairs at the University of California at San Diego, specializing in local government and center-region relations in Russia and China. She received an M.A. in Russian and Chinese history at the University of Hawaii in 1990 and graduated magna cum laude with an A.B. in Soviet Studies from Harvard University in 1987
  cns.miis.edu/cns/staff/cchuen.htm - October 2, 2004

• Concept for Reforming Military Education: Organization and Methods , Carnegie Moscow Center
  This working paper outlines the reasons that necessitate a reform of Russia's system of military educational institutions. The paper includes a forecast for the realization of the federal program entitled "Reform of the Military Education System in Russia Through 2010," as well as recommendations for reforming military education and proposals for respective changes to federal legislation.
  www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/workpapers/WP-2004-08-www.pdf - December 2, 2004

• Contact Lenses: The Realist Neglect of Transparency and US-Russian Military Ties , Zisk, Kimberly Marten
  The author is using an example of U.S./Russian military-to-military contacts to demonstrate that realist policy-makers value transparency as an end in itself. First, U.S.-Russian military contact programs through the mid-1990s are described. The author illustrates how officials on both sides view these programs, demonstrating both the variety of realist motives that underline them, and the significance of transparency as one of those motives. Then the article answers a hypothetical argument that this belief if misplaces and the benefits of transparency are illusory - by examining the effects of Soviet-German military-to-military cooperation in the 1920, cooperation which preceded the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Finally, the author makes suggestions drawn from these preliminary findings about how academic realists might integrate the search for transparency into their research questions.
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/002.PDF - February 1, 2005

• Hopmann, P. Terrence , The Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University
  P. Terrence Hopmann focuses on the processes of negotiation and conflict resolution on security issues within states, regionally within Eurasia, and globally. Recent publications include "The Negotiation Process and the Resolution of International Conflicts" (Univ. of South Carolina Press, 1996), "Integration and Disintegration in the Former Soviet Union: Implications for Regional and Global Security"(Watson Institute Occasional Paper #30, 1997), and "Building Security in Post-Cold War Eurasia: The OSCE and U.S. Foreign Policy" (U.S. Institute of Peace, Peaceworks #31, 1999). His recent work has focused on the role of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in conflict prevention and resolution in the postcommunist regions of Europe and Eurasia. In addition to this research on OSCE, Professor Hopmann has authored a paper on the negotiations on strategic weapons in SALT and START for the Processes of International Negotiation Project, International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis in Vienna (IIASA), and is working on another paper for IIASA on negotiations on the control of biological weapons. Professor Hopmann received his doctorate in political science from Stanford University.
  www.watsoninstitute.org/contacts_detail.cfm?id=3 - October 28, 2004

• Intelligence and Russian Military Strategy , American Military University
  The course analyzes the major developments within the Soviet/Russian military and its strategy over the last quarter century. The first half of the course focuses on the end years of the Soviet Union. The course opens with a case study of the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan. An exploration of the collapse of the Soviet military, its causes, and its consequences -including the shifting balance between conventional and nuclear forces, the struggles of the Russian Federation as it tries to re-establish its military power and craft a new military strategy in line with both its capabilities and its ambitions.
  www.apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=IN - September 21, 2004

• Japanese Assistance to Russia in the Nuclear Sector , Moltz, James Clay
  From US-Japan Cooperation in the Sustainable Development of the Russian Far East, Conference Proceedings, Monterey, California, April 14-15, 2000. Edited by Tsuneo Akaha. Center for East Asian Studies, September 20, 2000.
  gsti.miis.edu/CEAS-PUB/200011Moltz.pdf - September 29, 2004

• Menon, Rajan , Lehigh University
  Rajan Menon is Monroe J. Rathbone Professor of International Relations at Lehigh University and a Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, serving as Carnegie Scholar. He has worked as Special Assistant for Arms Control and National Security for former Congressman Stephen J. Solarz, as a Senior Advisor and Academic Fellow at the Carnegie Corporation of New York, and as a consultant to projects for various US government agencies. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and has been a commentator on CNN, MSNBC, NPR, CBC, and the BBC. The areas of his professional expertise include: Russian foreign and national security policy; Central Asia and the South Caucasus; Afghanistan, Pakistan, India; international security in East Asia; energy issues in the Caspian Sea region.
  www.lehigh.edu/~ininr/faculty/menon.htm - November 4, 2004

• Nuclear Energy Safety Challenges in the Former Soviet Union , Center for Strategic and International Studies Congressional Study Group on Nuclear Energy Safety Challenges in the Former Soviet Union
  Fifteen nuclear reactors of the type that exploded at Chernobyl in April 1986 are still operating in Russia, Ukraine, and Lithuania. The West, concerned about safety of operations, wants these reactors shut down, but the host nations refuse. The electricity these reactors supply is much too important for their economies, so the argument goes. The report defines policy options and procedures to implement those options for the acceptable resolution of the nuclear power safety issues facing the former Soviet Union.
  csis.zoovy.com/product/0892063017 - February 1, 2005

• Ouagrham, Sonia Ben , Monterey Institute of International Studies
  Areas of Expertise: Chemical and Biological Weapons : Conversion of BW and CW facilities in the NIS Regional Expertise : Russia Central Asia Other : Conversion of defense industry Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy Export controls in Central Asia.
  cns.miis.edu/cns/staff/sonia.htm - October 2, 2004

• Potter, William C. , Monterey Institute of International Studies
  Areas of Expertise: Nuclear : "Brain Drain" of Scientists from NIS Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon Free Zone Command, Control, Communications & Intelligence (C 3I) Export Controls Fissile Materials Storage, Disposition "Loose Nukes" in Russia and the Newly Independent States Material, Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC,A) Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Nuclear Safety Nuclear Weapons and Terrorism Smuggling Strategic Arms Control Technical Questions Regional Expertise : Newly Independent States UNSCOM/Iraq : General.
  cns.miis.edu/cns/staff/wpotter.htm - October 2, 2004

• Red Storm over the Third Reich , American Military University
  This course is an analysis of the Third Period of the German-Soviet war which began after the summer 1943 tank battle at Prokhorovka, swept across the Vistula and the Oder Rivers and finally ended with die gotterdammerung in Berlin. Students may opt to war game, using The Operational Art of War to simulate tactics and strategy on the Eastern Front.
  apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=LW - September 21, 2004

• Russia's Passive Army: Rethinking Military Corps , Taylor, Brian D.
  Applying a framework of two approaches, one cultural and the other rational, the article explains organizational behavior of the Russian Army after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The main question asked are why the predictions of military intervention (made by analysts in the West) proved unfounded and what will be the role of the Russian Army in the years to come.  
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/014.PDF - February 7, 2005

• Russian Military History , American Military University
  It is a survey of Russian and Soviet military history from the pre-Bolshevik revolutionary era to the present. Includes the Soviet view of the Berlin Crisis, the Iron Curtain, Afghanistan, and the East-West confrontation.
  www.apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=LW - September 21, 2004

• Russian Organized Crime and Corruption , Center for Strategic and International Studies
  Following up on its highly publicized report of 1997¡ªRussian Organized Crime¡ªthe CSIS Transnational Threats Initiative has taken a new look at the issue and found that, today, the Russian Federation is dominated by a stifling blend of corrupt officials, shady businessmen, and criminals. Russian organized crime continues to strangle legitimate business practices, and more than half the Russian commercial and banking sectors remain under its sway. Russia\'s prospects of embracing true democracy and a free-market economy¡ªprospects that seemed wholly realizable in the early 1990s¡ªnow seem still more remote. Genuine democratic reforms, with the notable exception of the right to vote, are not deeply institutionalized and may be threatened by the Putin regime in the name of order. Political positions, especially those that provide opportunities for embezzlement and other forms of personal gain, are particularly valuable. Members of the so-called oligarchy of politically connected financiers wage constant warfare trying to influence the appointment of politicians favorable to their particular interests. Likewise, most of the Russian press either increasingly depend on the oligarchs or are controlled by the state. Taken together, all these factors degrade the image of democracy in the eyes of most Russians. The beginning of his presidency, therefore, offers Putin two stark choices: he can either consolidate or dismantle the kleptocracy.
  csis.zoovy.com/product/0892063726 - February 1, 2005

• Soviet and German World War II Aviation , American Military University
  This course is a study of Soviet and German aviation in World War II, to include the strategic and operational concepts and technologies uses and employed on both sides of the war. It includes analysis of the destruction of the Soviet Air Force in the opening days of the war on the Eastern Front, the subsequent recovery of Soviet aviation, and development of doctrine in this conflict are considered. Close support of the German Army and problems in air transport are examined.
  www.apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=AW - September 21, 2004

• Stalingrad to Kursk , American Military University
  This course is an analysis of the second major period of the German-Soviet war, from Stalingrad's urban warfare beginning in the fall of 1942 to history's largest tank battle in the summer of 1943. Students will develop an alternative history to include an optional, interactive, online war game simulating tactics and strategy on the Russian Front.
  www.apus.edu/AMU/Academics/CourseDescriptions.aspx?Prefix=LW - September 21, 2004

• Stern, Jessica , Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
  Jessica Stern is a faculty affiliate of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Kennedy School. From 1994-95 she served as Director for Russian, Ukrainian, and Eurasian Affairs at the National Security Council, where she was responsible for national-security policy toward Russia and the former Soviet states, and for policies to reduce the threat of nuclear smuggling and terrorism. She is the author of "The Ultimate Terrorists" (Harvard University Press, 1999) and of numerous articles on terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. She received a bachelor's degree from Barnard College in Chemistry, a master of science degree from MIT, and a doctorate in public policy from Harvard University.
  bcsia.ksg.harvard.edu/person.cfm?order_by=&program=CORE&ln=full&item_id=228 - November 1, 2004

• The Russian Federation and Asian Security: Marginalization or Integration? , Kuchins, Andrew C.; Zagorsky, Alexi V.
  Contemporary discussions of virtually any aspect of Russian foreign and security policy must take as their point of departure the extraordinarily weakened condition of the Russian Federation. If one looks at economic and military power, the main traditional indices of national strength, Russia\'s decline is dramatic. The article examines security position of Russia amongst the Asian nations and the security arrangements that are desirable for the country in the future. ?/P>
  www.csis.org/ruseura/ponars/workingpapers/009.PDF - February 1, 2005

• The Russian Military: Power and Policy , Miller. Steven E.; Trenin, Dmitri eds.
  Russian military capacity remains a major consideration for global security even in the post-Soviet era. This book assesses today's Russian military and analyzes its possible future direction. The contributors–experts on the subject from both Russia and the West–consider not only how Russia has built its military capacity but also the policies and doctrines that have shaped Russia's defense posture. They discuss such topics as the downsizing of the Russian military, Russia's use of military power in regional conflicts, and the management of Russia\'s nuclear weapons. For more than a decade, Russian leaders have struggled to formulate security and defense policies that protect Russia's borders and project Russia's influence. The contributors to The Russian Military find that the choices Russian leaders have made have been significantly influenced by the military reforms Russia has attempted to implement since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The protracted and intense debate over military reform has been–and will continue to be–decisive in shaping Russian military capacity.
  www.carnegie.ru/en/pubs/books/71318.htm - December 2, 2004

• Thornton, Charles , University of Maryland
  Charles (Chuck) Thornton is a doctoral candidate in the School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland. He is currently a Graduate Research Fellow in the Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland, focusing on arms control and nonproliferation issues. As an employee of Science Applications International Corporation, Chuck spent over six years helping the US Department of Defense manage the Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program. Specifically, he supported program management and policy development for the Russian CTR nuclear weapons safety and security program. He continues to consult for DoD through SAIC. Chuck received his MA from The George Washington University in security policy and his BA in political science from the University of California, Berkeley.
  www.cissm.umd.edu/thornton.htm - October 21, 2004

• Weapons of Mass Destruction and Proliferation in the Post-Soviet States , Ouagrham, Ben
  Examines the risks of weapons of mass destruction proliferation in the former Soviet Union, looking at biological, chemical and nuclear weapons and related facilities.  The course will evolve around three main topics: 1)  identify threats specific to a region/country of the former Soviet Union, to a sector - biological, chemical, nuclear - and to individual key facilities.  2) specify the risks of use of dangerous material originating from countries of the FSU for terrorist activities or the development of covert state WMD programs ; 3) evaluate the role of foreign assistance to the FSU in mitigating the proliferation risks.
  www.sais-jhu.edu/programs/res/courses.html - September 20, 2004

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