... in which Russia exercises its maritime power. It argues that Russian maritime power is likely to decline significantly. Not only will Russia have significantly fewer maritime platforms in the future, but its ability to use the maritime domain will be compromised by qualitative problems and poor relations...

...Stephen Blank This article analyzes the consequences of the 2008 Russian-Georgian war and the unfocused US response to that war. It describes the negative tendencies in both Russian behavior and European security that were illuminated by the war, and concludes that the West, including the United...

..., and the two governments have signed many partnership agreements. Nonetheless, continuing differences exist between Turkish and Russian officials over various energy, commercial, and security issues. Fundamentally, the relationship remains characterized by overt friendship and restrained competition...

...Constantine A. Pagedas William Henry Flayhart III: Counterpoint to Trafalgar: The Anglo-Russian Invasion of Naples, 1805-1806 . Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2004. 199 pages. ISBN 0-8130-2795-0. $24.95. Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2005 Constantine A. Pagedas...

...Richard Lugar Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2001 Richard Lugar, Republican of Indiana, is a member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. MQ 12.4-01 Lugar 10/16/01 1:04 PM Page 1 Nunn-Lugar—A Tool for the New U.S.-Russian...

...Anna Borshchevskaya A superficial look at Russia’s current problems with terrorism and Muslim extremism may lead to the conclusion that the United States and Russia have similar views on this issue, which would therefore make them obvious partners in addressing the problems. Russian president...

...Aristotle Tziampiris In his Clash of Civilizations , Samuel Huntington specifically predicts a rapprochement in Greek-Russian relations on account of common civilizational factors. The explanatory validity of this claim can be assessed by examining the extent and nature of the recently improved...

...Shalendra D. Sharma What began as a downturn in the US housing sector in summer 2007 mushroomed into a global financial crisis by September 2008—the most severe since the Great Depression of the 1930s. Initially, Western European governments, including the Russian government, blamed the crisis...

...Stephen Blank; Younkyoo Kim Many see the western Balkans as the back yard of Europe. As the promise and reality of regional economic integration has weakened, however, Russia has returned to the area to play its historically important regional role. In the Balkans, a Russian or Russifying project...

... as neo-Ottomanism, referencing the geographic extent of the Ottoman Empire. Because of its intrinsic pragmatism and the geographical region that is its focus, Strategic Depth has been influenced by Eurasianist thought in Russia. But the Strategic Depth approach differs from Russian Eurasianist ideas...

... is playing a malignant role in perpetuating the conflict and has refused to act on its own to help prevent either a new Russian domination of the Caucasus or a new war. Indeed, Washington sees Moscow as playing a constructive role. As a result, US relations with Azerbaijan and Baku’s willingness to take heed...

... that has weakened the insurgency. Finally, it assesses the role that Russian, Iranian, and Hezbollah intervention has had in bolstering the regime of Bashar al-Assad. Syria's jihadist revolt has limited but important parallels to the failed 1982 Muslim Brotherhood insurrection. Even with the regime's...

... have reached the end of the line in terms of Russian support for the United States regarding Iranian proliferation of nuclear weapons. Though Russia clearly opposes Iranian nuclearization, it does not regard this as nearly as great a threat as does the United States, and the evidence is quite...

...Deborah Sanders Traditional maritime security challenges have returned to the Black Sea, and this has had a negative effect on the ability of the six littoral states to address newer security challenges. Traditional maritime security challenges include the buildup of Russian forces in Crimea...

... of “Eurasia” and that there is similarity between Moscow's and Ankara's strategic outlooks: Russian neo-Eurasianism and Turkey's Kemalist Eurasianism. Yet the outlook that defines Ankara's understanding of Turkish national interest is not so much a permutation of Eurasianist ideas as it is a homegrown...

... that are essentially idealist. In this essay a working hypothesis is offered, premised on Moscow’s dec- larations and actions and on revealing statements by Russian and Cypriot observers and practitioners. The pragmatic idealist hypothesis has received solid verification from both numerous official Russian...

.... For example, it is the continuing presence of Russian forces in Moldova and, until 2007, Georgia that has held the West back from ratifying the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty. Moscow now uses this as a pretext to suspend its compliance with that treaty and to threaten...

...Nikolai Zlobin Nikolai Zlobin is director of Russian and Asian studies at the Center forDefense Information in Washington, D.C., and the executive coeditor of Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization . Mediterranean Affairs, Inc. 2004 This content is made freely...

... the United States and China, while at the same time maintaining its position as the region’s most influential player in terms of the outward flow of energy resources. Central Asia and the Caucasus region have historically been important for Russian security and economic interests. And as in the case...

... Sergei Khrushchev In the aftermath of the election of a new president of Russia on 26 March 2000, Russians, people in the former Soviet republics, and other people abroad continue to ask: What will the Russia of Vladimir Putin be like? It would...