Dmitri Trenin

The eyes of the world are on the Middle East. Today, more than ever, this deeply–troubled region is the focus of power games between major global players vying for international influence. Meer

Since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, there has been much talk of a new Cold War between the West and Russia. Under Putin s authoritarian leadership, Moscow is widely seen as volatile, belligerent and bent on using military force to get its way. Meer

The disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 transformed Central Asia's political landscape. This region of five sovereign states of some fifty million people became a major focus of interest and influence for competing poles of power. Meer

Commonwealth and Independence in Post-Soviet Eurasia (1998) analyses in detail how the new states conceived their regional policies. It looks in particular at the Russian-led Commonwealth of Independent States, feared by many of the newly-independent nations as being the Soviet Union Mark II. Meer