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Articles by Nikolai Zlobin
Putin's Besieged Fortress
16 February 12
The campaign rhetoric in Russia's presidential election has grown increasingly harsh. This happens in many countries, but the difference with Russia is that "external factors" play a disproportionately greater role in the political process. In most other countries, voters evaluate candidates based on their domestic policies or track records, especially with regard to the economy.
A New Brezhnev Doctrine Has Eclipsed the UN
17 May 11
Despite their outward dissimilarities, recent events in Libya and Japan raise the same questions about how the world is progressing and what constitutes the most serious challenges to global stability and security. Most important is the question of how to restructure international relations to move beyond Cold War thinking and to meet today's challenges effectively.
Obama’s Pro-Russia Policy
03 February 10
Barack Obama has improved U.S.-Russian relations on many fronts. Russia needs this reset more than the United States.
The Eternal Modernization Oxymoron
11 December 09
Barring an open national discussion, there can be no agreement in society on how exactly Russia should and can modernize, the goal of modernization or its cost.
Promises, Promises
12 November 09
President Medvedev’s comment regarding Soviet leader Josef Stalin that “the ruling authority should be honest” would be better applied to his own conduct and that of his subordinates.
Babushka Russia
23 March 09
The age-old question of which came first, the chicken or the egg, will probably never be put to rest since most people agree that one cannot exist without the other.
