Russia: Other Points of View: Important Papers

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Putin's Plan by Clifford G. Gaddy and Andrew C. Kuchins
The Washington Quarterly, Spring 2008
Download Kuchins_Gaddy_Spring_2008.pdf

Thinking strategically about Russia by Dmitry Trenin
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, December 2008
Download Trenin_Thinking_Strategically_Russia_Dec_2008

Resurgent Russia and U.S. Purposes by Thomas Graham
The Century Foundation, March 2009
Download Graham_Resurgent_Russia

The Right Direction for US Policy toward Russia
The Commission on U.S. Policy toward Russia, March 2009
Download Hart_Hagel_Report_Mar_2009

The Great Transformation: How the Putin Plan Altered Russian Society by Nicolai N Petro
ISPI, May 2009
Download Nick_Petro_Putin_Plan_May_09

Welcome to "Other Points of View" on Russia. We believe there is need in the public forum for a venue which offers opinions and facts that at times may differ from the prevailing view in western media.
Our point of view is not political, is not theoretical, and is not academic. It comes from decades of working at the grassroots of Soviet and post-Soviet society and being avid watchers of Russian politics, economics, history, societal conditioning and current mindsets. Please review our history in order to better understand our perspective on Russia today.
This blog has a companion program, the Russia Media Watch (RMW), which analyzes select pieces of western media for accuracy or inaccuracy of content based on 17 objective criteria. Analyses are then sent to the journalist, the publication and to a wide list of American Congress members, think tanks, business and civic leaders throughout the country.