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Russian and Eurasian Security Network (RES) - News and Analysis - Russian Analytical Digest

The Russian Analytical Digest (RAD) is a bi-weekly internet publication jointly produced by the Research Centre for East European Studies [Forschungsstelle Osteuropa] at the University of Bremen and the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich), and the Institute of History at the University of Basel. It is supported by the German Association for East European Studies (DGO). The Digest draws from contributions to the German-language Russlandanalysen , the CSS analytical network Russian and Eurasian Security Network (RES) and the Russian Regional Report. The Russian Analytical Digest covers political, economic and social developments in Russia and its regions, and looks at Russia 's role in international relations. 16 Mar 2012 This edition examines the recent Russian Presidential election.

Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies - The Elliott School of International Affairs - The George Washington University

Kennan Institute (covering Russia and surrounding states) :

The Kennan Institute, as the oldest program of the Woodrow Wilson Center, bridges the gap between the world of ideas and the world of public affairs by bringing scholars and governmental specialists together to discuss political, social, and economic issues affecting Russia and other successor states to the Soviet Union, seeking always to place these issues within their historical context. The Kennan Institute is a non-partisan institution committed to improving American expertise and knowledge about this region. The Institute organizes seminars, workshops, briefings, and conferences featuring prominent scholars and policymakers from America, Russia, and other successor states to the Soviet Union with experience in shaping U.S.-Russian policy. more

http://www.wilsoncenter.org/program/kennan-institute

Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) | US Army War College

Research Contracts Unsolicited manuscript submissions are currently being accepted. Contact our Director of Research with a short topic proposal and C.V. to begin the process. See our publishing, editing, and promotion with SSI page for an outline of the process. If you have a manuscript that aligns with a topic in the KSIL , we will consider it for publication. See the publishing guide for details on submission.

http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/

The Finnish Institute of International Affairs » Russia in the R

Euroopan parlamentin raportti Viisi Upin tutkijaa on kirjoittanut Euroopan Parlamentin tilaaman raportin yhdessä College of Europen tutkijatiimin kanssa. Raportin mukaan BRICS-maat (Brasilia, Venäjä, Intia, Kiina ja Etelä-Afrikka) eivät toimi tiiviinä blok-kina kansainvälisillä areenoilla, mutta niiden keskinäisellä koordinaatiolla on vaikutusta kansainvälisiin neuvotteluihin esim. G20-ryhmässä. BRICS-maat pystyvät usein vaikuttamaan neuvotteluiden asialistaan ja keskuste-lujen painopisteisiin tai estämään aloitteiden etenemisen. Tämä heikentää EU:n kykyä ajaa omia tavoitteitaan.

The Carnegie Moscow Center

Nikolay Petrov argues that, in spite of the slowing pace of political reform in Russia, political elites in many Russian regions have already started preparations for the reinstatement of direct elections of governors and mayors.

RUS The Russia and Eurasia Program engages in projects that provide research, analysis, assessment, and recommendations to government and non-government officials for action. Its substantive focus encompasses all the regions of the former Soviet Union.

CSIS

Chatham House

Changes to euro governance are needed if the single currency is to survive, says this new paper. Despite the return of market confidence, structural problems in the euro area remain unaddressed. Read.

Council on Foreign Relations

Featured Briefing - March 30, 2012 The emerging BRICS economies agree that the West should hold less sway in the global economy. But their leaders, despite regular summits, have failed to articulate a coherent vision because of divergent interests, says journalist Martin Wolf.