Russia:
A Normal CountryBy Andrei Shleifer
and Daniel Treisman
Foreigmn Affairs (March/April 2004) Conventional wisdom in the West says that post-Cold
War Russia has been a disastrous failure. The facts
say otherwise. Compared to other countries at a
similar level of economic and political development,
Russia looks more the norm than the exception.
Partnership,
Under Construction by Colin S.
Powell, Izvestiya (January 26, 2004) In the first public criticism by the Bush administration
of Russia, Secretary of State Powell diplomatically
criticizes a resurgence of authoritarianism under
Putin, including the weakening of the legislative
and judicial branches, the arbitrary adherence to
the rule of law, the muting of a free press, and
human rights abuses in Chechnya.
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Left
Behind, by Anders Aslund, National
Interest (Fall 2003)
The author says peace and stability in the Euro-Atlantic
and Eurasian zones rests on Ukraine surmounting
its present crises and contends that Western neglect
of this country could result in a failed state.
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