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AID TO THE FORMER SOVIET UNION

"Delay, Postpone, Obfuscate, Derail": A Case Study of U.S. Government Response to Criticism of Assistance Programs to Russia by J. Michael Waller, Vice President of the American Foreign Policy Council. This is the introduction to a series of articles, published in Demokratizatsiya: The Journal of Post-Soviet Democratization, vol. 5, no. 1, Winter, 1997, which examines U.S. aid to Russia.

To Russia, With Cash by J. Michael Waller is reprinted with permission from the June 1996 issue of Reader's Digest. This article is the basis for the case study.

Response from the Department of State (17K) by Richard Morningstar. This response was written at the request of Rep. Tom Campbell of the House International Relations Committee on July 26, 1996 and was circulated to members of the committee on September 5, 1996.

Author's Rebuttal to the Department of State (full text, 97K) by J. Michael Waller.

Response from the Department of Defense by Ashton B. Carter. This response was a public letter dated September 9, 1996.

Author's Rebuttal to the Department of Defense (full text, 48K) by J. Michael Waller.

MISSILE THREATS AND DEFENSES

From Butter to Missiles, an editorial by AFPC Vice President J. Michael Waller, was published in the Washington Times on December 15, 1998.

No Nukes Pointed This Way? Think Again, an editorial by AFPC Vice President J. Michael Waller, was published in the Washington Times on July 6, 1998.

IMF and the Russian Missiles by Dr. J. Michael Waller, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, was originally published as an op-ed in the Washington Times on January 23, 1998.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME

Russia's Great Criminal Revolution: The Role of the Security Services (full text, 55K) by J. Michael Waller and Victor J. Yasmann. This article, originally published in the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, vol. 11, no. 4, December 1995, examines the involvement of the Russian law enforcement agencies, security organs, and intelligence services in organized crime and corruption.

ESPIONAGE, THE KGB &
THE RUSSIAN SECURITY SERVICES

Russia's Security Services: A Checklist for Reform by J. Michael Waller. Published by the Institute for the Study of Conflict, Ideology, Policy in Vol. VIII, No. 1 of the journal Perspective (September-October 1997)

Russia's Great Criminal Revolution: The Role of the Security Services (full text, 55K by J. Michael Waller and Victor J. Yasmann. This article, originally published in the Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice, vol. 11, no. 4, December 1995, examines the involvement of the Russian law enforcement agencies, security organs, and intelligence services in organized crime and corruption.

State Within a State: the KGB and Its "Successors" by J. Michael Waller in Vol. IV, No. 4 of the journal Perspective (April-May 1994)

KGB: The Perils of Arbitrary Power by J. Michael Waller in Vol. II, No. 1 of the journal Perspective (September 1991)

POLITICAL TRANSITION IN RUSSIA

Portrait of Putin's Past, an article by AFPC Vice President J. Michael Waller, appeared in the January-February 2000 issue of the journal Perspective

Elections in Russia: An Analysis of the 1999 Duma Elections and a Look Ahead to the 2000 Presidential Race by AFPC President Herman Pirchner, Jr and an accompanying election results chart (PDF format), December 21, 1999.

RUSSIAN FOREIGN POLICY

Kremlin Coalition-Building, an analysis by AFPC Fellow Ilan Berman, was published by United Press International on November 8, 2001.

Slouching Toward Eurasia?, an article by AFPC Fellow Ilan Berman, appeared in the September-October 2001 issue of the journal Perspective.

Russia's Caspian power grab, an editorial by AFPC Fellow Ilan Berman, was published in the Washington Times on July 11, 2001.

Increasingly, Russia seeks to regain ground in Eurasia, an editorial by AFPC Fellow Ilan Berman, was published in the Orlando Sentinel on June 15, 2001.

Russia and the Mideast Vacuum (IASPS Research Papers in Strategy No. 12), by AFPC Fellow Ilan Berman, published by the Institute for Advanced Strategic & Political Studies, June 2001. [in PDF format]

Primakov's Imperial Line, an article by AFPC Vice President J. Michael Waller, appeared in the January-February 1997 issue of the journal Perspective.

Who is Making Foreign Policy?, an article by AFPC Vice President J. Michael Waller, appeared in the January-February 1995 issue of the journal Perspective.

U.S.-CHINA RELATIONS

China's New War Fighting Skills: Emerging Threats to the U.S., India, Taiwan, and the Asia/Pacific Region by China Reform Monitor editor Al Santoli, September 20, 2000.

The Panama Canal in Transition: Threats to U.S. Security and China's Growing Role in Latin America, an AFPC investigative report by China Reform Monitor editor Al Santoli, June 23, 1999.

CHEMICAL WEAPONS

The Chemical Weapons Coverup by J. Michael Waller in the Wall Street Journal, February 13, 1997.

The Politics of Chemical Weapons by J. Michael Waller in the Washington Times, March 4, 1997.

Response to the above two articles by Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Director (now acting Undersecretary of State) John D. Holum in a March 8 letter to the Washington Times.