Aleksandr Golts

Also by Aleksandr Golts

• December 23, 2010

  Setting The Stage For Putin To Save The Day

  Aleksandr Golts says he doesn't go in for conspiracy theories, but wonders aloud at how, at the very moment when the matter of the possible return of our national leader to the Kremlin is on everyone's lips, a bunch of "out-of-control fanatics" start begin beating up anyone with a "non-Russian face" in Moscow.

• September 30, 2010

  'Politics' And Prison In Putin's Russia

  Aleksandr Golts says predictions of genuine political competition ignore the fact that the existing system does not feature any real politics.

• August 21, 2009

  When Russia's Intelligence Services Play At Politics

  Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has again rushed to find evidence confirming the correctness of the opinion of the country’s top leadership, reporting not what is true, but what the leadership wants to hear. But no one – not the spymasters, nor the political leaders of the country – really understands what these political games might result in.

• June 19, 2009

  Universal Values Make A Comeback

  Less than a week after a pro-Kremlin think tank declared that democracy had exhausted itself worldwide, Iranians took to the streets -- in the name of democracy. Why are Russian citizens, unlike Iranians, willing to play by the rules their leaders establish for them?

• February 28, 2009

  U.S.-Russia Relations Need More Than Just Reset

  The survival of the Putin regime does not depend on cooperation with the West but with a "managed" chronic conflict. Everyone who is reciting the "hit-the-restart-button" line should give some thought to how compatible the two machines that are set to be restarted actually are.

• February 09, 2009

  'Epoch-Making' Munich Speeches Signify Nothing

  If all of Russia's foreign policy is reduced to just an exchange of shots, the exchange of positive signals in Munich over the weekend is a lot of hot air.

• February 04, 2009

  A Day In The Life Of Russia's Collective Unconscious

  At first glance it would appear that, in full accordance with the Kremlin's realpolitik, the entire territory of the former Soviet Union has been turned into one giant chessboard on which the battle between Moscow and Washington is being played out. The only problem is that in this match, there is only one player and he seems to be carrying out some complex maneuver aimed at himself.