2009
56. Iran and Afghanistan: Cross Border Security Challenges, Conflict Management, and Iran-U.S. Relations (.PDF)
Ekaterina Stepanova, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
57. Russian Naval Deployments: A Return to Global Power Projection or a Temporary Blip? (.PDF)
Dmitry Gorenburg, Harvard University
PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference (Policy Memo Nos. 58-84)
September 2009
PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference agenda (.PDF)
PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference briefing book (.PDF)
Russia and the West: Toward Cooperation?
58. Staying the Arctic Course: An Offer for Cooperation That Russia Cannot Refuse (.PDF)
Pavel K. Baev, International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)
59. U.S. Russian Strategic Arms Control: Back to the Future? (.PDF)
Alexander A. Pikayev, Institute of World Economy and International Relations
60. The Geopolitics of Resurgent Russia: How Medvedev's Russia Sees the World (.PDF)
Mikhail Rykhtik, Nizhny Novgorod State University
61. Does Russia Want the West to Succeed in Afghanistan? (.PDF)
Ekaterina Stepanova, Institute of World Economy and International Relations
The Politics of Memory in Eurasia
62. Caught in Between: Citizenship, Identity, and Young Ethnic Russians in Estonia (.PDF)
Theodore P. Gerber & Sarah E. Mendelson, University of Wisconsin & Center for Strategic and International Studies
63. Memory Wars in the Post-Soviet Space (.PDF)
Ivan I. Kurilla, Volgograd State University
64. Protecting "Our" History: Politics, Memory, and the Russian State (.PDF)
Viatcheslav Morozov, St. Petersburg State University
65. The Circassian Dimension of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics (.PDF)
Sufian Zhemukhov, Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Humanitarian Studies
Changing Relations Across Eurasia: West
66. All Quiet on the Karabagh Front? (.PDF)
Georgi Derluguian, Northwestern University
67. Can Russia Win the Ideological Battle in Georgia? (.PDF)
Kornely K. Kakachia, Tbilisi State University
68. Is There a Chance for Constructive Cooperation in the CIS? (.PDF)
Irina Kobrinskaya, Institute of World Economy and International Relations
69. The Rapprochement between Belarus and the European Union (.PDF)
Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs
70. The EU's Eastern Partnership: Why It May Help Democracy Promotion and How the United States Can Help Move It Forward (.PDF)
Vitali Silitski, Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies
Changing Relations Across Eurasia: East
71. The Perennial Partnership: The Global Economic Crisis and Russian-Kazakh Relations (.PDF)
Sergei Golunov, Durham University
72. The Logic of Kyrgyzstan's Base Policy (.PDF)
Shairbek Juraev, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek
73. China's Challenges in Central Asia: Fallout from the Georgian War, the Financial Crisis, and the Xinjiang Riots (.PDF)
Elizabeth Wishnick, Montclair State University
The Politics of Community in Eurasia
74. The Impact of the Hajj Pilgrimage in the North Caucasus (.PDF)
Mikhail A. Alexseev, San Diego State University
75. New Challenges to Russian Federalism (.PDF)
Andrey Makarychev, Nizhny Novgorod Civil Service Academy
76. Three Perspectives on Political Islam in Central Asia (.PDF)
Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University
77. Citizens and Compatriots: The Politics of Citizenship Policy in Russia (.PDF)
Oxana Shevel, Tufts University
Is Russia in Crisis?
78. Russia's New Model Army: The Ongoing Radical Reform of the Russian Military (.PDF)
Dmitry Gorenburg, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
79. Russia's Place in the World: An Exit Option? (.PDF)
Ted Hopf, The Ohio State University
80. Russia's "Over-Managed Democracy" in Crisis (.PDF)
Nikolay Petrov, Carnegie Moscow Center
81. Will the Financial Crisis Lead to Political Change in Russia? (.PDF)
Vadim Volkov, The European University at St. Petersburg
Reassessing Energy as an Instrument of Power in Eurasia
82. Petro Power: Can Russia Use Its Energy Endowment and the World Oil System to Its Advantage? (.PDF)
Andrew Barnes, Kent State University
83. Russia as an Energy Power between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia (.PDF)
Robert Orttung, The Jefferson Institute
84. Turning Pipe Dreams into Pipelines: Eurasian Energy Transit and the Credible Commitment Problem (.PDF)
Adam N. Stulberg, Georgia Institute of Technology
85. The Stagnation of the SCO: Competing Agendas and Divergent Interests in Central Asia (.PDF)
Alexander Cooley, Barnard College, Columbia University
86. Breaking the Nation's Taboo: Meds Yeghern and Turkish Intellectuals (.PDF)
Nona Shahnazarian, Center for Pontic and Caucasian Studies
87. Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan's Dispute over the Caspian Sea: Will It Impede the Nabucco Project? (.PDF)
Anar Valiyev, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy
88. The Bulava Missile: What Propels Its Unsteady Flight? (.PDF)
Alla Kassianova
2008
1. Interacting through Migration: How Can Russia Benefit and Learn From Its Asian Neighbors? (.PDF)
Mikhail A. Alexseev, San Diego State University
2. Patronage, Islam, and the Rise of Localism in Central Asia (.PDF)
Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University
3. Two Centuries of Russian-U.S. Relations: Internal Agendas and the Mutual Construction of Images (.PDF)
Ivan I. Kurilla, Volgograd State University
4. Post-Soviet Realpolitik: Russian Policy After the Color Revolutions (.PDF)
Andrey S. Makarychev, Nizhny Novgorod Linguistic University
Seminar: "A Kosovo Precedent?: Sovereignty, Alliances, and Conflict in Eurasia"
5. The Kosovo Precedent in Russia's Georgia Policy (.PDF)
Pavel K. Baev, International Peace Research Institute (PRIO)
6. The Political and Legal Parameters of Russian Decisionmaking on Abkhazia and South Ossetia (.PDF)
Nikolai Sokov, Monterey Institute for International Studies
7. Kosovo's Precedents: The Politics of Sovereign Emergence and its Alternatives (.PDF)
Alexander Cooley, Barnard College, Columbia University
NATO MAP Debates
8. Can Georgia Get Back on the NATO Track? (.PDF)
Cory Welt, Georgetown University
9. Ukraine's NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP) Debates (.PDF)
Oleksandr Sushko, Center for Peace, Conversion, and Foreign Policy of Ukraine
10. “Unrecognized States” in Russia’s Domestic and Foreign Policy (.PDF)
Irina Kobrinskaya, IMEMO (Institute of World Economy and International Relations), Moscow
September 2008
PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference Agenda (.doc)
PONARS Eurasia Policy Conference Briefing Book (.pdf)
Strategic Challenges of Eurasia
11. NATO's Role in the Wider Black Sea Area (.PDF)
Volodymyr Dubovyk, Odessa Mechnikov National University
12. Russia's New Euro-Atlanticism (.PDF)
Irina Kobrinskaya, IMEMO (Institute of World Economy and International Relations), Moscow
13. Slowly But Surely?: The European Neighborhood Policy as a New Framework for Transatlantic Integration (.PDF)
Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki
14. An Opening in Uzbekistan (.PDF)
Eric McGlinchey, George Mason University
15. Enlarging the Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Is Iran a Viable Member? (.PDF)
Alexander A. Pikayev, IMEMO (Intstitute of World Economy and International Relations), Moscow
16. EU-Russian Border Security: Stereotypes and Realities (.PDF)
Sergei Golunov, Volgograd State University
17. Ideological Aspects of Georgian-U.S.-Russian Relations (.PDF)
George Khelashvili, University of Oxford
18. History as an Old-New Political Tool in Eurasia (.PDF)
Ivan I. Kurilla, Volgograd State University
19. NATO and Russia After the Bucharest Summit: Is a New Security Agenda Feasible? (.PDF)
Andrey S. Makarychev, Nizhny Novgorod Linguistic University
20. On a Collision Course: The EU and Russia Revisit Europe's Recent Past (.PDF)
Viatcheslav Morozov, St. Petersburg State University
21. What's Wrong with Security Cooperation in Eurasia? (.PDF)
Mikhail Rykhtik, Nizhny Novgorod State University
22. Medvedev and the Military: Reshuffling as a Preamble for Reform? (.PDF)
Pavel K. Baev, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
23. Has the Russian Navy Turned a Corner?: Recent Trends in Russian Shipbuilding and Naval Deployments (.PDF)
Dmitry Gorenburg, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Harvard University
24. An End to Russian Military Bases in Georgia?: The Implications of Past Military Withdrawals (.PDF)
Kornely K. Kakachia, Tbilisi State University
25. Russia's New "State Corporations": Locomotives of Modernization or Covert Privatizations Schemes? (.PDF)
Vadim Volkov, The European University at St. Petersburg
26. The Nanotechnology Revolutions: Looking Beyond the Hype (.PDF)
Adam N. Stulberg, Georgia Institute of Technology
Islam in Eurasia: Evidence on its Dimensions and Development
27. Overcounting Russia's Muslims: Implications for Security and Society (.PDF)
Mikhail A. Alexseev, San Diego State University
28. Prospects for Islamic Radicalism and Violent Extremism in the North Caucasus and Central Asia (.PDF)
Mark Kramer, Harvard University
29. Radicalization of Muslim Immigrants in Europe and Russia: Beyond Terrorism (.PDF)
Ekaterina Stepanova, Stockhom International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Institute of World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO)
30. Why Young People Turn to Islam in the North Caucasus (.PDF)
Sufian Zhemukhov, Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Humanitarian Studies
Energy's Effects on Power and Relationships in Eurasia
31. Medvedev's Oil: The Burdens of Great Wealth and the Potential for Coping with Them (.PDF)
Andrew Barnes, Kent State University
32. A Curse or a Blessing?: What to Expect from a Typical Developing Resource-Abundant State (.PDF)
Vladimir Popov, New Economic School (Moscow), Carleton University (Ottawa)
33. Wrestling from Brotherly Hugs: Prospects for Involving Belarus in Regional Energy Cooperation (.PDF)
Vitali Silitski, Belrusian Institute for Strategic Studies, Vilnius
State and Civil Society in Eurasia
34. How We Assess Civil Society Developments: The Russia Example (.PDF)
Debra Javeline, University or Notre Dame, and Sarah Lindemann-Komarova, Siberian Civic Initiatives Support Center
35. Civil Society in the New Authoritarianism (.PDF)
James Richter, Bates College
36. Convergence in Post-Soviet Political Systems?: A Comparative Analysis of Russian, Kazakh, and Ukrainian Parliamentary Elections (.PDF)
Nikolay Petrov, Carnegie Moscow Center
37. Energizing the Western Response to Democratic Setbacks in Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia (.PDF)
Robert W. Orttung, Jefferson Institute
38. Social Transformations in Post-Soviet Nagorno Karabakh: Motivations for Migration (.PDF)
Nona Shahnazaryan, Kuban Social and Economic Institute, Center for Caucasian and Pontic Studies, Krasnodar
39. Economic Lures and Ungoverned Territories: Overcoming Warlordism (.PDF)
Kimberly Marten, Barnard College, Columbia University
40. The Evolution of Georgian-Russian Sterotypes (.PDF)
Georgi Derluguian, Northwestern University
December 2008
The Black Sea "Region": Conflict, Cooperation, or Buffer Zone?
41. The Black Sea Region in Russia's Current Foreign Policy Paradigm (.PDF)
Irina Kobrinskaya, IMEMO (Institute of World Economy and International Relations), Moscow
42. Towards a Strategic Respite in the Black Sea (.PDF)
George Khelashvili, University of Oxford
43. Securitization and Identity: The Black Sea Region as a "Conflict Formation" (.PDF)
Andrey S. Makarychev, Nizhny Novgorod Civil Service Academy
44. Black Sea Security and the Rising Role of Religion (.PDF)
Mikhail Rykhtik and Yury Balashov, University of Nizhny Novgorod
45. Alternative Approaches to Black Sea Regional Security: A Ukrainian Perspective (.PDF)
Oleksandr Sushko, Institute for Euro-Atlantic Cooperation, Kyiv
Russian Military Power and the Black Sea Region
46. Vae Victors: The Russian Army Pays for the Lessons of the Georgian War (.PDF)
Pavel K. Baev, International Peace Research Institute, Oslo
47. Will Sevastopol Survive? The Triangular Politics of Russia's Naval Base in Crimea (.PDF)
Alexander Cooley, Barnard College, Columbia University
Volodymyr Dubovyk, Odessa National University
48. The Russian Black Sea Fleet After the Georgian War (.PDF)
Dmitry Gorenburg, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, Harvard University
49. The South Caucasus Corridor after the Russian-Georgian War (.PDF)
Nikolai Sokov, Monterey Institute for International Studies
Change and Continuity in Black Sea Politics and Communities
50. War in Georgia and the “Russian Card” in Ukrainian Politics (.PDF)
Olexiy Haran and Petro Burkovsky, National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy
51. Russian-Ukrainian Relations After the Georgian War (.PDF)
Arkady Moshes, Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki
52. Azerbaijan After the Russian-Georgian War (.PDF)
Anar Valiyev, Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy
53. The Hemshin, Homshetsi, or Hemshinli? Armenian Speaking Muslim People of the Black Sea Region (.PDF)
Nona Shahnazaryan, Kuban Social and Economic Institute, Center for Caucasian and Pontic Studies, Krasnodar
54. Circassian World: Responses to New Challenges (.PDF)
Sufian Zhemukhov, Kabardino-Balkarian Institute of Humanitarian Studies