Nation Building in the Former USSR

This region’s five republics have just lived through a remarkable first decade of independence that raises questions about “preconditions”-based theories of democratization.

Of all of the national republics that emerged out of the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Russia has had the most profound difficulties in determining its national identity. What is…

Much can be done to uproot graft when a major event such as the Rose Revolution sweeps in a determined new team on a wave of massive public support.