Toward an Understanding of Russia: New European Perspectives

Marc Notes: Incl. bibl. ref.; Conf. papers, 2001; Dist. by Brookings Inst. Press. Publisher Marketing: If Russia veers toward instability or a more severe dictatorship under President Vladimir Putin, the threat to its neighbours could be severe. Such a scenario would also present serious challenges for European integration and derail the process of rapprochement with the United States. To understand Russia's unsteady evolution, the Council on Foreign Relations organized an innovative international conference with analysts from the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe.

Contributor Bio:  Bugajski, Janusz Janusz Bugajski is the holder of the Lavrentis Lavrentiadis Chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington D. C. Bugajski runs the South-Central Europe area studies program at the Foreign Service Institute, U. S. Department of State, and has been a consultant to the U. S. Department of Defense and the U. S. Agency for International Development, among other organizations. His most recent books include "Atlantic Bridges: America's New European Allies", with Ilona Teleki (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007) and "Cold Peace: Russia's New Imperialism" (Praeger Publishers, 2004). He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland. Contributor Bio:  Bugaski, Janusz Janusz Bugaski is director of the Eastern European Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D. C. He also runs the South-Central Europe area studies program at the Foreign Service Institute, U. S. Department of State. Contributor Bio:  Korb, Lawrence J LAWRENCE J. KORB is a Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress and a Senior Adviser to the Center for Defense Information. Prior to joining the Center, he was a Senior Fellow and Director of National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. From July 1998 to October 2002, he was Council Vice President, Director of Studies, and holder of the Maurice Greenberg Chair. Mr. Korb also served as Director of the Center for Public Policy Education and Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, Dean of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh, and Vice President of Corporate Operations at the Raytheon Company.