Dimitri Glinski, co-author of The Tragedy
of Russia's Reforms: Market Bolshevism Against
Democracy, speaking at the Current Issues Briefing

This Current Issues Briefing was held in conjunction with the Institute’s publication of The Tragedy of Russia's Reforms: Market Bolshevism Against Democracy, by Peter Reddaway and Dmitri Glinski. This authoritative analysis of Russia's first post-communist decade points the way for U.S. policymakers seeking to formulate a workable agenda in dealing with Russia.

The panel:

• discussed lessons learned from the Russian experience and U.S. policies in the 1990s, and identified those that remain useful for the Putin era.
  
  
• considered the implications of Russia's continuing internal crisis for future U.S.-Russian relations, and addressed the provocative conclusions and policy recommendations of The Tragedy of Russia's Reforms.

Discussants

• Arnold Horelick, co-director of the U.S.-Russia Dialogue at the Aspen Institute.
  
  
• Anatol Lieven, senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and was a Senior Fellow at USIP in 1996-97.
  
  
• Lilia Shevtsova, senior associate at the Moscow Center of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

Respondents

• Peter Reddaway, professor of Political Science and International Affairs at George Washington University, and was a Senior Fellow at USIP from 1993-94
  
  
• Dmitri Glinski, senior research associate at the Russian Academy of Sciences' Institute of World Economy and International Relations in Moscow

Moderator

• Tara Sonenshine, former senior advisor to the U.S. Institute of Peace and deputy director of Communications and transition director for the NSC.

Co-author Peter Reddaway (l) and panelist Anatol Lieven listen as panelists discuss the current state of affairs in Russia.

The presentations were followed by questions from the floor and the Internet audience. A book signing took place after the event .

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