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Seeing Russia Straight Number 20, Spring/Summer 2011 Seeing Russia Straight David Satter deteriorating domestic conditions Oleg Kalugin between democracy and dictatorship Svante Cornell coveting the “Post-Soviet Space” Kevin Ryan the path to strategic cooperation Richard Weitz the hurdles for NATO-Russian BMD Ilan Berman Losing the struggle against radical Islam Gal Luft Moscow’s energy strategy and the West Andrei Shoumikhin Surveying Russia’s arms sector Giorgi Baramidze the ongoing war on Georgia Challenges to American Primacy featuring the Honorable Jim Talent & Amitai Etzioni • Unintended consequences of the “Arab Spring” • A dwindling defense budget • China’s geopolitical rise • Law and the military Perspective $7.95 US $12.50 CAN 1 1 Ambassador Ryan Crocker Former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq www.securityaffairs.org 0 7 4 4 7 0 5 7 8 8 2 6 1307 New York Ave., NW • Suite 200 • Washington, D.C. 20005 We’re almost there... Help us reach 1,000 FANS! 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Preventing the Unthinkable Brig. Gen. Kevin Ryan, USA (ret.) 33 Moscow and Washington must work together to prevent nuclear attack. Dialogue of the Deaf Richard Weitz 43 Don’t let the diplomatic niceties fool you. On missile defense, Russia and NATO remain worlds apart. The Caliphate Comes Home Ilan Berman 53 Two decades on, the verdict is in: Russia is losing its own “war on terror.” Heavy Fuel Gal Luft 63 The promise and peril of Russia’s global energy drive. Guns and Butter Andrei Shoumikhin 73 The shape of Russia’s troublesome arms trade. Tbilisi in the Crosshairs Vice Prime Minister Giorgi Baramidze 81 Russia’s war on Georgia is enduring, and ideological in nature. Challenges to American Primacy Shifting Sands Amitai Etzioni 87 Absent American resolve, the Islamic Republic of Iran will inherit the Middle East. The Dangers of Defunding Defense Jim Talent & Mackenzie Eaglen 99 America can’t remain a global power if it no longer funds a world-class military. Our China Challenge Chuck DeVore 109 Needed: some clear thinking about the implications of China’s rise. Tangled Up in the War on Terror Maj. Gen. Sid Shachnow, USA (ret.) 117 Grappling with the changing nature of conflict, and its legal implications. Perspective Bridging the Divide 125 An Interview with Ambassador Ryan Crocker Dispatches TALLINN: A Nordic Leader MP Marko Mihkelson, Estonia 129 SINGAPORE: India’s Stake in Afghanistan Shanthie Mariet D’Souza 131 TASHKENT: Russia’s Energy Challenges Vladimir Paramonov 133 Book Reviews Staying the Course Micah N. Levinson 135 Stephen Kinzer’s misguided quest to remake America’s alliances in the Mideast. Toxic Tradecraft Paul Janiczek 139 Russia’s favorite political weapon, as exposed by Boris Volodarsky. Learning to Live With the Bomb George Michael 141 John Mueller challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding nuclear arms. The Next Battleground James Colbert 145 Robert Kaplan’s convincing case for why the Indian Ocean region matters. From the Publisher For Americans, the recent turmoil in the Middle East has raised a multitude of questions about our foreign policy—challenging questions that go to the very soul of our national character. One concerns the objectives of our foreign policy. Are we just another country seek- ing our own benefit and advantage, or do we have a more idealistic mission to export freedom, equality, justice and democracy to the world? I suspect most Americans believe it to be the latter. We are therefore justifiably horrified when we are incon- veniently reminded that some of our client states are, in effect, dictatorships. And, when pressed, we quickly seek the moral high ground by disassociating ourselves from them. Our abrupt abandonment of Egypt’s long-serving strongman, Hosni Mubarak, is only the most recent example of this trend. The word “revolution” brings to the American mind a vision of hungry, downtrod- den people rising up against some brutal force in pursuit of “liberty, fraternity and equality.” It’s worth remembering, however, that those three words were authored by the same people who subsequently brought France the “reign of terror.” Vladimir Ilych Lenin, too, couched the Russian revolution in terms of a dramatic change that would equalize wealth between the proletariat and the bourgeoisie. “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs” was the revolu- tionary slogan. And the Russian variation of “fraternity” was the term “comrade.” Later, George Orwell put it in perspective in Animal Farm when he wrote: “All ani- mals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” These were followed by such revolutionary leaders as Franco, Castro, and the Aya- tollah Khomeini, all of whom captured America’s imagination—and its sympathy. And let’s not forget that Gaddafi came to power because he unseated King Idris, and Nasser liberated Egypt from King Farouk. All these revolutions have two things in common: empty promises and sloganeer- ing. They are not revolutions for the people, although they are certainly by the people. There is usually some organization behind these revolutions pulling the strings and taking advantage of the hopes and fears of the disenfranchised. So what makes us so sure this time that the rioting in Bahrain’s Pearl Square or Cai- ro’s Tahrir Square is in fact the true voice of the people and not that of the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran, the military or the socialists? Maybe they are not, but we should approach them with some skepticism and require more than a bit of validation. After all, history has taught us many lessons about “popular” revolutions. Most we have lived to regret. Tom Neumann Publisher THE JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS 3 WE SEPARATE I.T. NETWORKING. FROM I.T. 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