Special Report: Russia, Between Ambition and Reality

Over the past decade, Russia’s resurgence has led to conflict and reset with the U.S. and a muscular, energy-based reassertion of influence in Eurasia and beyond. But Moscow’s efforts to regain its tarnished superpower status are threatened by fundamental weaknesses that could undermine its ambitions. This WPR report examines Russia, between ambition and reality.

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Strategic Vision

Strategic Posture Review: Russia
Richard Weitz
November 30, 2011

Re-Examining Russia’s Putin-Medvedev Tandem
By Nikolas Gvosdev
September 30, 2011

U.S.-Russia Relations

Putin not a Game-Changer for U.S.-Russia Ties
By Richard Weitz
September 27, 2011

The U.S. and Russia: Reinventing a Relationship
By Deana Arsenian and Andrey Kortunov
December 1, 2010

Debunking the ‘Russia Threat’ Hype
By Thomas P.M. Barnett
August 15, 2011

Lavrov’s Visit Reflects U.S.-Russia ‘Normalization’
By Richard Weitz
July 19, 2011

Gates’ Moscow Mission Highlights U.S.-Russia Thaw
By Richard Weitz
March 24, 2011

Don’t Sweat the Russia ‘Reset’
By Daragh McDowell
August 22, 2011

U.S.-Russia Reset on Display in Afghanistan
By Nikolas Gvosdev
July 1, 2011

Russia-NATO