The Politics of Memory By Leon Aron Posted: Monday, September 8, 2008 A new textbook approved by Vladimir Putin reimagines Russian history to the detriment of the nation's post-Soviet moral renaissance.[Full Story]
What Russia's War Reveals By Leon Aron Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2008 The choice to invade Georgia exposes the raw disdain for democracy that drives Moscow's authoritarian government.[Full Story]
Back in the USSR? By Leon Aron Posted: Monday, July 14, 2008 Russia could soon face the same crises that Leonid Brezhenv's Soviet Union faced in the 1970s.[Full Story]
Putinism By Leon Aron Posted: Thursday, May 8, 2008 The ideology, priorities, and policies of Vladimir Putin's Kremlim are almost certain to inform and guide Dmitri Medvedev's administration.[Full Story]
Putin-3 By Leon Aron Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 Vladimir Putin has transformed Russian foreign policy both ideologically and politically since coming to power in 2000. [Full Story]
Putin's Cold War By Leon Aron Posted: Thursday, December 27, 2007 Let us refrain from the ritual, silly hand-wringing and accusations on the subject of "losing" Russia. Russia is not (and never has been) ours to lose.[Full Story]
Jihadi Murat By Leon Aron Posted: Friday, November 16, 2007 Islam has been a major and durable aspect of Russia's history, geography, and culture.[Full Story]
In his new book, Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality, AEI's Charles Murray focuses on four simple, hard truths that are rarely discussed or even acknowledged by educators and politicians.