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Russia's Presidential Transition

Russia’s recent presidential election marked the formal transition between President Putin and his successor Dmitri Medvedev. The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace offers resources and experts for context and perspective on Russia’s presidential succession and its implication for Russia’s domestic and foreign policy, the state of U.S.-Russia relations, and issues related to defense, regional security, and nonproliferation.

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U.S.-Russia Relations
Bush and Putin
The Misperception Trap
The outcome of President Bush's meeting with Vladimir Putin last week in Sochi, Russia was perceived in opposite ways within the two countries. In the United States, Bush was seen as unsuccessful, while in Russia, it was Putin. Rose Gottemoeller, director of Carnegie Moscow Center, observes in the International Herald Tribune that these conflicting perceptions are a natural part of the U.S.-Russia relationship, but don't necessarily undermine positive trends between the two countries.

Additional Resources: U.S.-Russia Relations
NATO
Dmitri Trenin
NATO's Eastern Extension: What is at Stake?
Dmitri Trenin appeared on the English-language Russia Today to discuss the state of affairs after the recent April NATO summit in Bucharest. He argued that many countries who most recently joined NATO did so to achieve a security guarantee against a resurgent Russia, whereas Ukraine is far more divided internally with regard to Ukrainians' view of Russia.

Dubinsky: Georgian Spring
Russian Foreign Affairs
Rose Gotemoeller
Saving the Relationship
In the wake of Russia's decision to suspended its obligations under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, director of Carnegie Moscow Center, Rose Gotemoeller writes in The Moscow Times that Washington should not focus on "grand schemes of cooperation, partnership initiatives, summitry and news conferences... [but] on tightly defining a few policy goals that are clearly in our mutual interests."

Gotemoeller: Sergei Ivanov’s Strategic Breakthrough
Russian Politics
Putin
Putin Leads United Russia
Vladimir Putin’s decision to accept the chairmanship of United Russia, Russia’s dominant political party, is further evidence that he plans on retaining considerable political power even as Dmitry Medvedev replaces him as president. But as Nikolai Petrov explains in The Moscow Times, it is Putin’s control of the regional political apparatuses that could touch off a “struggle between the presidential administration and that of the prime minister for influence.”

Trenin: Russia's Tandem Leadership
Lipman: Medvedev's Chance To Lead?
Petrov: Of Mayors and Interlopers
Gottemoeller: Russia's Presidential Election
Kagan: The End of the End of History
Military Affairs
Jessica T. Mathews
A New Russia-U.S. Arms Race on the Horizon?
Carnegie President Jessica T. Mathews discussed U.S.-Russia relations during Putin's two terms in a February 21 "Spotlight" program of the Russia Today TV news channel along with Viktor Linnik, political analyst and editor-in-chief of Slovo weekly newspaper.
Carnegie Event
Nikolai Petrov
Russia After the Presidential Election
Nikolai Petrov discussed Russia's March 2 presidential elections with moderator James F. Collins, providing analysis of the Putin regime's political structure, the likely policy trajectory of a Medvedev administration, and the problems that Russia's new president will have to tackle. He concluded that Russian politics will change substantially even in the next six months as key Kremlin factions etch out their role in the next administration.
Resources
Carnegie Moscow Center
Established in 1993, the Carnegie Moscow Center is comprised of foreign and Russian researchers collaborating with Washington staff on a variety of policy-relevant projects.
Russian and Eurasian Program Newsletter
REP E-Newsletter
A bi-monthly update of the Russia and Eurasia Program and the Carnegie Moscow Center's recent reports, publication, and events. Click here to read past issues. Click here to subscribe.
Central Asian Voices
Central Asian Voices

Carnegie’s web portal, Central Asian Voices, features timely analysis of regional issues and a forum to enable the exchange of ideas among policymakers, analysts, journalists, bloggers, and informed readers across the globe. Written in English and Russian, Central Asian Voices covers top news stories from the region.
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