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  • Russia's protests: not a revolution but an awakening IISS Strategic Comments Banner A wave of anti-government protests in Russia in late 2011 has rocked its political establishment. United in anger at President Dmitry Medvedev's decision to cede his post to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, as well as at evidence of electoral fraud in recent legislative elections, up to 100,000 Russians gathered on 24 December to take part in some of the country's largest protests since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Yet those who expect Russia to follow the path of Arab revolutions are likely to be disapp
  • Towards a NATO-Russia Strategic Concept: Ending Cold War Legacies; Facing New Threats Together Towards a NATO-Russia Strategic ConceptTowards a NATO-Russia Strategic Concept: Ending Cold War Legacies; Facing New Threats Together is a result of collaboration between the International institute for Strategic Studies (London) and Institute for Contemporary Development (Moscow). The aim of the project was to examine possible ways for transforming NATO-Russia relations in a way which could help to overcome the legacy of mutual mistrust and enhance the scope and effectiveness of practical cooperation between them.
  • Perspectives on International Security Perspectives on International SecuritySpeeches and Papers from the 50th Anniversary Year of the International Institute for Strategic Studies Edited by Tim Huxley and Alexander Nicoll Like most years in the 50-year history of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2008 saw events that could have significant consequences for international relations and global balances of power. These included the election of Barack Obama as US president; the brief war in Georgia, which caused the West to look at Russia with more watchful eye