Publication Archives: 1990 - 1999

Table of Contents

1991

USCAR Reports: Freedom vs. Communism
- Spring 1991, - Vol I, No.2                                           

• The Survival of Democracy in the Soviet Union
  by Gerard J Janco.
• Czechoslovakia's Struggle for Freedom
  by Samir Witta.
• Building a Democratic Czechoslovakia
  by Marc Johnson
• Political Imprisonment in the USSR
  by Leonid Lubman.
• Economic Freedom Comes to Hungary
  by Patrick Murphy.
• Soviet Crackdown in the Baltics
  by Henrich Tann.
• Life without Freedom
  by Eda Ottova.
• A New Constitution for Russia
  by Peter Pavilionis.
• East Germany and the Absence of Freedom
  by Charlotte Schawe.
• Life in Communist Czechoslovakia
  by A USCAR Symposium

USCAR Reports: The Soviet and East-Central European Economies in Transition - Summer, 1991 - Vol. I, No.3.

• Introduction.
  by Gerard J. Janco.
• The New U.S. - Soviet Economic Relationship.
  by Jozeph Pelzman.
• An Interview with John P. Hardt.
  by Peter Pavilionis.
• Analyzing the Economic Impact of a Changing Soviet Economy.
  by Yuri N. Maltsev.
• "Financial Engeneering" in the Soviet Marketplace: Buyback and Compensation.
  by Leo G.B. Welt.
• The Soviet Air Traffic Controllers Strike: The Dilemma for Western Investment in the Soviet Civil Aviation.
  by Ronald N. Davison.
• Joint Ventures and New Prospects for Foreign Investment.
  by Alexander Gleyzerman.
• The Conversation of the Soviet Civil Defense Industry into Civilian Production.
  by Gerard J. Janco.
• The Military's Strike in Soviet Economic Reforms.
  by Norman A. Bailey and Criton M. Zoakos.
• An Interview with James Millar.
  by James McA'Nulty and Karen Sherman.
• The Soviet Ecomomy: Problems and Solutions.
  by Isaac Tarasulo.
• Soviet Labor: Problems and Prospects.
  by Vladimir Mikhailov.
• The Economic Future of the Baltics.
  by Dmitri Starostin and Hunter Alexander.
• Ukraine: From Union Republic to Independent State.
  by Vera Kaczmarskyj.
• An Economic Development Strategy for the Caucasus.
  by Richard Giragosian.
• The Soviet Economy in Transition: Prospects and Recommendations.
  by Yuri N. Maltsev.
• Commentary.
  by Mitchell Polman.
• Eastern Europe: After the Revolutions.
  by William D. Eggers.
• Czechoslovakia's Path to Privatization.
  by Ambassador Rita Klimova.
• Hungary's Search for Western Assistance.
  by Douglas Michel and Edith Horvath.
• An American Businessman in Poland.
  by Rusty Barber.
• Trade Prospects berween Central Europe and the European Community.
  by Anthony Binando.
• Gorbachev and the Group of Seven Summit: An Interview with Heinrich Tann.

USCAR Reports: Cleaning Up the Environment in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. - Fall, 1991 - Vol.1, No. 4.

• Introduction
  by Peter Pavilionis.
• Untold Story: The Enormity of the Soviet Union's Health Disaster
  by Murray Feshbach.
• The Environmental Crisis in the Soviet Union
  by Charles F. Sills.
• Soviet-American Environmental Cooperation at the Crossroads
  by Gary R. Waxmonsky.
• Central Asia's Environmental Politics
  by Peter Pavilionis.
• "Nevada-Semipalatinsk" - The Soviet Union's Anti-Nuclear Movement. An Interview with Almaz Estekov
• The Chernobyl Syndrome
  by Pyotr Mikhailov.
• Environmental Reconstruction in Central Europe
  by Hilary F. French.
• Poland's Polluted Past. An Interview with Helena Reid.
• Environmental Activism and Political Change in Bulgaria
  by Emily Lambie.
• Cleaning Up Eastern Germany's Environment. An interview with Patrick Murphy
• Book Review: Grigory Medvedev's "The Truth about Chernobyl"
  by Hunter Alexander.

1992

The Eurasian Report: International Security Toward the New Century. - Winter 1992 - Vol.2,No.1.

• Introduction: International Security Toward the New Century
  by Gerard J. Janco.
• Secretary of State James Baker's Concluding Statement at the Coordinating Conference on Assistance to the New Independent States, Washington, D.C., January 23,1992
• The Survival of the Commonwealth: an interview with Adam Ulam
• "The Human Dimension of the Soviet Army's Collapse": commentary by Isaac J. Tarasulo
• Statements by Presidents Bush and Yeltsin at their Camp David Meeting of February 2,1992 and the Joint Declaration Formally Announcing the End of the Cold War
• Armed Forces in the Commonwealth of Independent States
  by Dmitri Starostin.
• The Future of Nuclear Non-Proliferation: an interview with Leonard Spector
• The Future of Arms Control in the Post-Cold-War World
  by Marco Rimanelli and Norman A. Bailey.
• The Future of the Atlantic Alliance
  by Constantine C. Menges.
• "Yugoslavia and the New Europe": commentary by Michael B. Levin
• Russia's New Window to the West: an interview with Ambassador Andrei Kolosovsky
• Defining U.S. Attitudes Toward Russian Republics
  by Henry A. Kissinger.
• Forging a New Conservative Foreign Policy
  by Kirn Holmes.
• China's Status and Future as a Military Power
  by Harold C. Hinton.
• From Soviet Union to "Central Eurasia"
  by Milan Hauneri.
• Ukraine: From a Declaration of Independence Toward Building a New National Security System
  by Olexandr N. Goncharenko.
• Ethno-Nationalism: The Challenge to Forming a Unified Military in the New Commonwealth
  by Ronald N. Davison.
• Military Force Structure Issues in the Commonwealth of Independent States
  by Kevin T. Coleman.
• Assessing the Post-Soviet World Order: an interview with Ray S. Cline

Eurasian Reports: Trade and Technology in the Commonmealth of Independent States - Winter 1992-93 - Vol. 3, No. 1.

• Introduction: "Trade and Technology in the Commonwealth of Independent States"
  by Peter Pavilionis.
• The Ukrainian Economy: One Year After Independence Can a new prime minister lead the country out of its economic malaise?
  by Tàmàãà Woroby and Andrew Bihun.
• Trade and Payments After Soviet Disintegration. A payments union may be the best way to avert a total collapse of trade among former Soviet republics.
  by John Williamson.
• Behind the Showdown at the Congress of People's Deputies. What is behind the conflict between supporters of Yegor Gaidar and Arkady Volsky, and what does it mean for the future of Russia's economic reforms? - An interview with Joseph Peizman.
• A Survey of Economic Reforms in Eastern Europe. Amidst some initial successes, the East European economies struggle to stay on the reform track.
  by Lance Mulleneaux and Peter Pavilionis.
• New Directions in Russian Telecommunications. Privatization, joint ventures, and currency reform are affecting the telecommunication sector in both Russia and the newly independent republics.
  by Steven Levy and Deirdre Buell.
• Why Russia Should Keep Its Space Program. Russia's space program may be the key to not only its technological development, but to America's and the world's as well.
  by Gerard J. Janco.
• Oil and Gas Sector Technology and Reform in the CIS. Russia is caught between domestic demand for cheap energy and the potential for lucrative hard currency exports.
  by Margot Jacobs.
• Economic Transition in the Western Regions of the Former Soviet Union. Despite their economic problems, five former Soviet republics may lead the rest of the CIS toward market economies.
  by Wafik Grais.
• Bridging a Depression: Kazakhstan's Path Toward Economic Survival. Kazakhstan has always taken its lead from its powerful neighbor to the north. But now. President Nazarbaev may be forced to change all that.
  by Hartmut Fischer.
• Is the West Plundering Russia's Mineral Wealth? Facing nationalist outcries, leaders of Russia's raw materials industries are forging vital new ties with Western firms.
  by Douglas Brown.
• The Importance of German-CIS Trade. Both Germany and the former Soviet Union can find solutions to new economic problems in their old trade regime.
  by Joachim Ahrens.

1993    (Back)

USCAR Reports:"What is Russia?"
- Winter 1993

• Introduction: "What is Russia?"
  by Peter Pavilionis
• Moscow and the Provinces: Economic and Political Dimensions of Russian Regionalism The threat to Russia's territorial 'integrity is based on more than just ethnic factors.
  by Edward W. Walker
• Lukin: on Russia's New Foreign Policy. an interview with Ambassador Vladimir Lukin
• Redefining Russia's Foreign Policy. Still searching for Us national interest, Russia focuses on the "near abroad."
  by Jennifer Long
• Can Russia Be Founded Anew?
  by Carl Linden
• The Birth of the Russian Army In the New Eurasia. Will the transformation of the Soviet Army spell peace or disaster for the Eurasian continent?
  by Gerard J. Janco and Andrei Kortunov
• Federation on the Pacific: Does the Crisis Lead to Collapse? Russia's Far East as a Pacific Rim country
  by Vladimir Ivanov
• The Rise of Militias in the Former Soviet Union. Private armies fill the political void left In the wake of the Soviet Army's departure.
  by Kevin T. Coleman
• Comparing Russia's Constitutional Drafts. Some of the old and some of the new went into the final draft of Russia's proposed constitution.
  by Ariel Cohen
• Brzezinski: On Russia's Regional Politics. an interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski
• The Battle for Central Authority in Russia: A Presidential or Parliamentary System? Is Yeltsin another De Gaulle?
  by Carlo Thorson
• Russia's "Ethnic" Republics and Constitutional Politics. The tanks that shelled the Russian White House were also sending a message to the country's "ethnic" republics.
  by Robert Shariet

1994    (Back)

Eurasian Reports: Russia's Social Problems. - Winter 1994-95 - Vol.4, No.1.

• Introduction: "Russia's Social Problems"
  by Peter Pavilionis.
• The Ideological Roots of Crime and Corruption. Inside the troubled mind of Homo sovieticus.
  by Isaac Tarasulo.
• The Rule of the Mafiya. Are criminals replacing communists as Russia's new rulers?
  by Louise I. Shelley.
• The Winter of Our Political Discontent. How will Russia's social problems shape the country's political future?
  by Georgi H. Shaknazarov.
• Russia's New Drug Threats. A permissive legal regime, weak borders, and strong economic incentives are making Russia the new hub for narcotics trafficking.
  by Rensselaer W. Lee III.
• Russian Environmental Affairs in the Transition. Can the government coordinate its response in time to avert environmental catastrophes?
  by D.J. Peterson.
• A Disease Crisis Strikes Russia. Russia and other Soviet successor states are becoming the 'hot zones' of the Eurasian continent.
  by Murray Feshbach.
• Political Corruption in Postcommunist Russia. The case for strengthening democratic institutions to limit pervasive graft in the Russian Federation.
  by John M. Kramer.
• Lending a "Helping Hand". An interview with Rita von Luelsdorff
  by Gerard J. Janco.
• The Quest for a Social Safety Net. How unemployed are Russia's unemployed?
  by John R. Guardiano.

1996    (Back)

Eurasian Report: The New Eurasia - Special Issue. - 1996 - Vol.5, No.1.

• The New Eurasia. Can the West change its prejudices of Eurasia and formulate a new approach to the new dynamics of the Eurasian landmass?
  Gerard J. Janco and Milan Hauner.
• The Future of Human Rights in the New Eurasia. Can a new commitment to human rights develop in the new Eurasia?
  Vaclav Trojan.
• The Russian Federation Today. New business opportunities and challenges for the future
  Dr. Igor Oleynik.
• The Russian Far East and Northeast Asia. Security Cooperation and Regional Integration
  Robert A. Manning.
• The Eastward Enlargement of the European Union: Opportunities and Obstacles. When will Eastern Europe join the European Union?
  Helmut Leipold.
• Russia and Central Asia: Evolution of Mutual Perceptions, Policies, and Interdependencies Russia's dramatic reversal in its policy toward Central Asia
  Andrei Kortunov and Andrei Shoumikhin.
• The North American-Eurasian Treaty Organization (NAETO). Can NATO transform itself to truly represent its future members through eastward enlargement?
  Dr. Gerard J. Janco, Dr. Andrei Kortunov.
• The Security Outlook for Japan in Asia. The challenge for regional leadership in the new century
  Michael W. Chinworth.
• The Chinese Economy in 2000: Promises and Pitfalls. Can China sustain its high period of growth 'into the next century?
  Dean Cheng.
• Trade Policy Reform in the Newly Independent States. Is trade policy reform possible in the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union?
  Constantine Michalopoulos, and David G. Tarr.

1999    (Back)

Eurasian Report

• New Music in Russia: The Time of Composers Is Over?
  by Dmitri Oukhov, August 21, 1999.
• THE VIRTUAL MONETARY FUND AND RUSSIA'S CURRENT INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION.
  by Stephen S. Moody, September 15, 1999.
• RUBLES, OLD SOCKS, AND IMF LOANS.
  by Stephen S. Moody, December 20, 1999.