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CURRENT ARTICLES - Russia |
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After the Georgia War
Part One: U.S.-Russian Nuclear Cooperation Disrupted |
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Russia’s military intervention in Georgia and U.S. opposition to the decision has led many Russians and Americans to urge a reassessment of the key pillars of the strategic relationship between the two nations, including in the realm of arms control. As of late September, the Georgia War appears to have had a diverse impact on the Russian – U.S. arms control relationship . . . view article |
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After the Georgia War
Part Two: Regional U.S. Nonproliferation Programs Complicated |
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Many observers feared that the Georgia War would disrupt Russian-American collaboration on diverse nonproliferation issues, such as dealing with Iran over its nuclear weapons and addressing the continuing WMD legacy of the Soviet Union. Thus far at least, CTR programs in the Russian Federation appear unaffected by the recent clash. Even so, the conflict has had an indirect effect on U.S.-funded threat reduction and nonproliferation activities in Georgia, which has long been a priority target of U.S. nonproliferation programs . . . view article |
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After the Georgia War
Part Three: Eurasian Missile Defense Dispute Intensifies |
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Even before the August 2008 Georgia War it was evident that Russian and U.S. officials continued to differ sharply over a global missile defense architecture. The war, however, promoted growing East European acceptance of the desirability of the proposed BMD deployments, despite continuing Russian protests, threats, and diplomatic initiatives.
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PREVIOUS ARTICLES - Russia |
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| August 2008 Issue |
| Downing of Georgian Drone over Breakaway Region Highlights Potential Proliferation Challenges |
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| June 2008 Issue |
U.S. BMD Plans Gain NATO’s Endorsement but Not Russia’s
Bush and Putin Call for Strategic Partnership |
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| April 2008 Issue |
| Ukrainian Parliamentarian Calls for Renuclearization |
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| March 2008 Issue |
Russian BMD Anxieties Impact CFE Treaty
Test of Iranian Space Launch Vehicle Causes Another Crack in Russian-Iranian Relations |
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| February 2008 Issue |
Russia Tests New Strategic Weapons as Vice Premier Rejects Proposals for Increasing the Rate of Weapons Production
Moscow Rejects U.S. Written Proposals on Missile Defense, Downplays New Iranian Missile Test
Eager to Increase Nuclear Exports, Russia Awaits Nuclear Suppliers Group Exemption for India |
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| December 2007/January 2008 Issue |
Questions Persist on Reported Russian Lease of Nuclear Sub to India
Progress Continues in U.S.-Russian Nuclear Cooperative Threat Reduction Efforts
Russian Military is Working to Enhance Precision Targeting and Early Warning Capabilities
Russian President Putin’s Visit to Iran: Much Speculation, Few Successes |
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| November 2007 |
| The Gates-Rice Trip to Moscow: Few Promising Signs Expected |
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| October 2007 |
Russian Strategic Aviation Begins Regular Long-Range Flights: Putin Announces “Enhanced Air Patrols”
Russian Nuclear Industry's Domination of Former Soviet Enterprises Encounters Challenges |
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| September 2007 |
Litvinenko Poisoning Focuses Interest on Polonium-210
U.S. and Russia Set to Begin Talks to Replace Start I Treaty
Update: Russia's Recent Test of New Submarine-Launched Missile Succeeds |
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| July/August 2007 Issue |
| The Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism Drives Forward |
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| June 2007 Issue |
Myanmar Signs Deal with Rosatom to Build Nuclear Research Reactor
Update: The Bushehr Payment Dispute
Russian Chemical Weapons Dismantlement: Progress with Problems
No consensus in Ukraine Over Missile Defense
Russia and Kazakhstan Establish a Joint Venture for Uranium Enrichment
Russian Navy Launched First Borey-Class Submarine, but Bulava Missile Still Not Ready |
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| May 2007 Issue |
The Bushehr Payment Dispute: Moscow Signals the Limits of Its Support for Iran
South Korea, Russia Seek to Accelerate Development of South Korean Space Launch Vehicle |
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| April 2007 Issue |
Special Report: The European Ballistic Missile Defense Dispute
Part 1 - U.S. The View from Eastern Europe
Part 2 - U.S. The View from Western Europe |
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| March 2007 Issue |
Special Report: Chinese Anti-Satellite Weapon Test -
The Shot Heard 'Round the World
Part II - Russia Walks a Fine Line in Assessing Chinese Anti-Satellite Weapon Test
Iran's Internal Debate on Nuclear Issues Heats Up; Russia Presses Tehran for "Positive Steps"
Uranium Smuggling Incident Reinforces Concerns About Nuclear Trafficking in South Caucasus
Russian Academy of Military Sciences Debates Role of Nuclear Weapons in Conference on New Military Doctrine
Russia Enacts Reform of Nuclear Industry
Chief of Russia General Staff Warns of Possible Russian Withdrawal from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty
Russia Deplores U.S. Sanctions; Declares They Will Not Affect Arms Trade With Tehran |
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| February 2007 Issue |
Russia’s AtomStroyExport Loses China Contract, Wins Bulgaria Deal
NATO Summit Underscores Differences with Moscow Over Missile Defense
Russian Strategic Forces Meet Successes and Setbacks at Year End
India’s Missile Program: Diverging Trajectories |
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| December 2006/January 2007 Issue |
Moroccan Nuclear Energy Program Gets Boost From Russia
Russia Announces Deadline for Completing Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, As Security Council Weighs Sanctions on Iran
Russia Begins to Implement Initiative on International Uranium Enrichment Centers |
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| November 2006 |
Russia’s Newest Submarine-Launched Missile Fails in Tests, But Tests of Other Systems Succeed; Defense Minister Ivanov Raises Questions on Status of Russian Sea-Based Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Ukraine to Develop Nuclear Fuel Production Capability, But Without Uranium Enrichment |
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| October 2006 |
Russia Military Debates Withdrawal From the INF Treaty
Financial Irregularities Disclosed in U.S. Nonproliferation Assistance Program, as Regional Government Asserts Control Over Former Russian Closed Nuclear City
Russia Reacts Angrily to U.S. Sanctions on Two Russian Arms Companies
Russia Sees Gains From Creation of Central Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone |
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| September 2006 |
Russian Government White Paper on WMD Nonproliferation Reveals Both Differences and Similarities with U.S. Approach
Ukraine Rejects Russian Accusations of Missile Technology Control Regime Violation
Former Russian Minister of Atomic Energy Yevgeni Adamov Released from Jail Pending Trial
Putin Seeks to "Replace" START I Treaty
Construction of Russia's First Floating Nuclear Power Plant Raises Potential Nonproliferation Issues, Opportunities |
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| July/August 2006 |
Controversy Over Belarusian Air Defense Systems and Seizure of Dual-Use Goods in Austria Turn Spotlight on Iranian Missile Program
Putin Meeting With Ahmadinejad in Shanghai Plays Well in Moscow, Brings Little Progress on Nuclear Impasse |
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| June 2006 |
Former Russian Minister of Atomic Energy Yevgeni Adamov Awaits Trial on Charges of Embezzling $100 Million
Vladimir Putin: “No Future” in Arms Race; Russia Acts to Ensure Defense Through Asymmetric Nuclear Force
Russia Weighing U.S. Plan to Put Non-Nuclear Warheads on Long-Range Missiles |
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| May 2006 |
Moscow Rejects U.S. Authors’ Claims of U.S. First-Strike Capability, as Putin Protects Nuclear Weapons Infrastructure
Oil-Rich Kazakhstan Chooses Nuclear Energy, Without Raising Proliferation Concerns
Russia Mulls Joint Production of Uranium with Kyrgyzstan
Russia and Ukrainian Officials Deny New Allegations That Nuclear Warheads Were Lost in the 1990s |
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| April 2006 |
Ukrainian Defense Minister Says His Country Will Not Acquire Nuclear Weapons; Announces New Missile Program
Reform of Russian Nuclear Industry Takes Shape
New Details on Russian Strategic Subs Emerge, As Keel for Third Borey Class Boat is Laid |
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| March 2006 |
Russia Cools to Iran, as Nuclear Crisis Deepens
Ukraine Considers Uranium Enrichment |
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| February 2006 |
SPECIAL REPORT:
Russia's Iranian Dilema |
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| Russian-Ukraine Gas Crisis May Impact Russian Strategic Capabilities |
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| Appointment of New Head of Rosatom Marks Changes in Russian Nuclear Complex |
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| December 2005/January 2006 |
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