In his first term in office, President George W. Bush established and nurtured a close personal relationship with Russian President Vladimir V. Putin. Early on, Bush's overtures toward his counterpart in the Kremlin produced beneficial results for the president's policies. President Bush...

Vivimos en una era de interdependencia, la propia naturaleza de la política mundial esta cambiando. El poder de las naciones se ha tornado mas elusivo: “los cálculos de poder son mas difíciles y engañosos de cuanto eran en otras épocas”. Henry Kissinger ha señalado que “el programa...

The Chechen issue, which remains unresolved since the break-up of the Soviet Union, is one of the most difficult problems of today's Russia. Since 1991, the Chechen conflict has passed through four phases: the "Chechen revolution" and Dzhokhar Dudaev's rule (1991-1994), the first Chechen war...

Por más que la conformación de una democracia de corte occidental en la Federación Rusa nos parezca un proceso revolucionario, que rompe con la ortodoxia de las formas históricamente tradicionales de hacer política en ese país, debemos tener en cuenta que los elementos cardinales de este...

the issue of Russia’s possible membership of NATO became even more topical. The NATO-Russia Council established in May 2002 was seen by some as a first step to the final full incorporation of Russia in the North Atlantic Alliance. Although the war in Iraq made a considerable damage to the...

The combination of multiple disagreements and missed opportunities has led many observers to speak of a profound crisis in the relationship. There is much to support this view. Overt anti-Westernism has become highly fashionable within the Russian establishment, where there is a renewed emphasis...

The Commonwealth was established mainly “to serve further development and strengthening of relations of friendship, good neighborhood, mutual understanding and mutually beneficial cooperation between member states”. Within the above mentioned principles, the member states of the CIS are...

The decentralization that took place in the Russian Federation in the course of economic and political reforms of the 1990s was a spontaneous process that lacked a clearly defined strategy. However, by the end of the century it had some significant achievements to its credit. One such...

Por más que la conformación de una democracia de corte occidental en la Federación Rusa nos parezca un proceso revolucionario, que rompe con la ortodoxia de las formas históricamente tradicionales de hacer política en ese país, debemos tener en cuenta que los elementos cardinales de este...