ECONOMICS AND GLOBAL AFFAIRS
October 4, 2000
John Reppert on Russia's Changing Business Climate
Press Release
By John Reppert, Former Executive Director for Research, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Russian President Vladimir Putin has identified foreign investment as crucial to Russia's economic recovery. The Russian Duma has taken important strides in addressing economic transformation and major tax reform. But in the wake of Russia's economic collapse in August 1998, is it enough to attract businesses to Russia?
Spring 2000
Mark Your Calendars For Russian Investment Symposium
Newsletter Article, Belfer Center Newsletter
The U.S.-Russian Investment Symposium has emerged as the leading forum for business leaders and others interested in actively supporting Russia's important economic transition.
May / June 2000
How to Reduce Oil-Import Dependance and Climate-Change Risks at the Same Time
Journal Article, Global Change
By John P. Holdren, Former Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program
Fall 1998
"Correspondence: Evaluating Economic Sanctions"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 2, volume 23
By David A. Baldwin and Robert Pape
David Baldwin of Columbia University takes issue with Robert Pape’s findings in his Fall 1997 article that economic sanctions “do not work.” Pape replies.
August 31, 1998
Why Russia's Meltdown Matters
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
For Americans watching the deepening economic crisis in Russia, the most important question is why it matters to us. Given modest levels of U.S. investment and trade and muffled impacts on American markets, Russia's crisis would be important, but no more so than earlier crises in Korea and Indonesia.
August 31, 1998
Why Russia's Meltdown Matters
Op-Ed, Washington Post
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
For Americans watching the deepening economic crisis in Russia, the most important question is why it matters to us. Given modest levels of U.S. investment and trade and muffled impacts on American markets, Russia's crisis would be important, but no more so than earlier crises in Korea and Indonesia. But Russia is not Indonesia. The reason why Russia's meltdown matters for Americans is much more specific and potentially catastrophic. As an economic crisis accelerates the disintegration of authority in Russia, history has left a superpower arsenal.
Summer 1998
"The Sanctions Glass: Half Full or Completely Empty?"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 23
The author argues here that Robert Pape mischaracterizes the principal objective of the work, which, according to the author, was to determine if and how economic sanctions contributed to desired foreign policy outcomes—not, as Pape contends, whether they caused them.
Summer 1998
"Why Economic Sanctions Still Do Not Work"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 1, volume 23
By Robert Pape
The author responds with a vigorous defense of his original findings from “Why Economic Sanctions Do Not Work,” a highly regarded and influential study that offered qualified optimism about the effectiveness of economic sanctions as a foreign policy tool, which was published in the fall 1997 issue of International Security.
June 22, 1998
Burma: Prospects for a Democratic Future
Book
By Robert Rotberg, Director, Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Resolution
"It is no exaggeration to say that Burma is one of the most troubled countries in the world today. In Burma: Prospects for a Democratic Future, an extraordinarily accomplished group of scholars and analysts examines the full range of political, military, economic, and public policy problems the country faces..." ---Michael E. Brown, Harvard University
Spring 1992
Aid to Russia: Uses of History
Journal Article, Harvard Journal of World Affairs
By Graham Allison, Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs; Douglas Dillon Professor of Government; Faculty Chair, Dubai Initiative, Harvard Kennedy School
A look at the United States history of aid to countries, and using those models of aid focusing on Russia.
