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New Language Needed in U.S.-Russia Relations
Ekaterina Romanova, ICAR PhD Student
Posted: 10/25/07

The ongoing negotiations between Russia and the United States on the missile defense system in Eastern Europe continue to fail. Statements with mutually exclusive goals only push each other further away. The gap steadily grows larger, adding only more disagreement and irritation. Political analysts admit that the relationship has reached its lowest point since the Cold War. Yet, the end is not nigh, improvement is possible. READ MORE

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Reading Putin's Mind: What the New Appointment Means
Ekaterina Romanova, ICAR PhD Student
Posted: 09/21/07

Nomination of Viktor Zubkov, a little-known to the public head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service as Russian new prime minister came as a bigger surprise than resignation of Michael Fradkov last week. Putin’s decisions, particularly on appointments, have rarely been predicted correctly. Putin’s move caused surprise and heated discussions everywhere, but in Russia itself. The U.S. analysts on Russia should not jump to a conclusion or predict the fate of Russia’ political development based on any isolated incident of resignation or political speech. Without understanding of Russian political history, public attitude to politics and the context of the current political environment all these prognoses are doomed to fail. READ MORE

Russia's Power Game: Small Strategic Moves, Big Surprises
Ekaterina Romanova, ICAR PhD Student
Posted: 09/14/07

The name of Putin’s likely successor keeps Russians guessing over who will receive Putin’s “blessing” as heir apparent for the office. It came as a big surprise on Wednesday, when Michael Fradkov resigned from his position. It came as a bigger surprise when instead of naming one of the two highly fancied candidates to succeed Fradkov, Sergei Ivanov and Dmitriy Medvedev, both the first deputy prime ministers, Putin nominated Viktor Zubkov, a little-known to the public head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service as a new prime minister. READ MORE

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ICAR News Network Russia FEATURED COMMENTARY New Language Needed in U.S.-Russia Relations Ekaterina Romanova, ICAR PhD Student Posted: 10/25/07 The ongoing negotiations between Russia and the United States on the missile defense system in Eastern Europe continue to fail. Statements with mutually exclusive goals only push each other further away. The gap steadily grows larger, adding only more disagreement and irritation. Political analysts admit that the relationship has reached its lowest point since the Cold War. Yet, the end is not nigh, improvement is possible. READ MORE RECENT COMMENTARY Reading Putin's Mind: What the New Appointment Means Ekaterina Romanova, ICAR PhD Student Posted: 09/21/07 Nomination of Viktor Zubkov, a little-known to the public head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service as Russian new prime minister came as a bigger surprise than resignation of Michael Fradkov last week. Putin’s decisions, particularly on appointments, have rarely been predicted correctly. Putin’s move caused surprise and heated discussions everywhere, but in Russia itself. The U.S. analysts on Russia should not jump to a conclusion or predict the fate of Russia’ political development based on any isolated incident of resignation or political speech. Without understanding of Russian political history, public attitude to politics and the context of the current political environment all these prognoses are doomed to fail. READ MORE Russia's Power Game: Small Strategic Moves, Big Surprises Ekaterina Romanova, ICAR PhD Student Posted: 09/14/07 The name of Putin’s likely successor keeps Russians guessing over who will receive Putin’s “blessing” as heir apparent for the office. It came as a big surprise on Wednesday, when Michael Fradkov resigned from his position. It came as a bigger surprise when instead of naming one of the two highly fancied candidates to succeed Fradkov, Sergei Ivanov and Dmitriy Medvedev, both the first deputy prime ministers, Putin nominated Viktor Zubkov, a little-known to the public head of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service as a new prime minister. READ MORE News Network Homepage / Armenia / 2008 Elections / Afghanistan / Diplomacy/ Egypt / Environment / Global Peace Index / Health / Immigration / Iraq / Iran / Islam / Kosovo / Nuclear Proliferation / Pakistan / Palestine-Israel / Russia / Somalia / South America / Sri Lanka / Turkey /		About ICAR Student Information Prospective Students Faculty and Staff Alumni Career Services Academic Programs Library ICAR In The News Events Technology Resources ICAR Publications Point Of View Center Center for World Religions, Diplomacy & Conflict Resolution