STRENGTHENING DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS PROJECT
February 18, 2004
?Russia: An End to Democracy?? Grigory Yavlinsky to Discuss Russia?s Upcoming Presidential Election
April 3, 2001
U.S.-Russian Dialogue Is Needed to Head Off a New Cold War
International Herald Tribune
September 25, 2000
A Partisan Panel Scatters Poppycock
Los Angeles Times
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Twelve Republican House members, constituted as the Cox Commission on Russia, have issued a report on the Clinton administration's policy toward Russia that amounts to "sound and fury," in Shakespeare's fine phrase, "signifying nothing." Nothing except that, in the midst of a presidential campaign, a dozen Republican members of Congress dislike Clinton and Al Gore and support Texas Gov. George W. Bush.
May 31, 2000
ABCs of ABM and Missile Defense
Christian Science Monitor
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
Re-ignition of heated debate about missile defense, the ABM Treaty, and another arms race befuddles many normal Americans. Can these cold-war relics really dominate President Clinton's agenda in his first meeting with Russia's new president next month in Moscow? One is reminded of Yogi Berra's observation that this is "deja vu all over again."
April 24, 2000
Chance for a Safer World: We Must Embrace Russia's New Willingness to Fight Nuclear Terrorism
Washington Post
March 27, 2000
The Real Putin
Boston Globe
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
The central question for Russia-watchers today is: Who is Putin? Even among fellow KGB spooks in his first profession, Putin earned a reputation for being "secretive." He personifies Winston Churchill's characterization of Russia: "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."
March 19, 2000
Former Russian PM talks about Corruption
The Citizen, (Kennedy School of Government Newspaper), issue 11, volume 5
