The glorious revolution that swept through Russia 20 years ago ushered in a new political system, changing the country's economic foundation while creating a new state: post-imperial Russia. Where did it all go? What happened to the noble fervor, the moral clarity, the thirst for truth, the heroism?

What were the original hopes and expectations of Russia’s 1991 revolution? A group of leading experts will discuss these and other questions in the context of Russia’s domestic politics, economic policies, role in the global economy and, above all, its relations with the United States.

Let’s say that you were a politican with a GM Volt and turned it into an icon of your administration. And let’s also observe that despite giving people (most of whom are wealthy) a whopping $7,500 subsidy to buy a $40,000 car, your union- and government-controlled car company couldn’t sell enough of them to justify keeping the assembly line open. What would you do?

This book reveals that, without the Glorious Revolution, the American Revolution may never have happened.

The president has so far held back from other decisions that would involve no risk to American lives but that could save the lives of Libyans whom we have committed to protect. For the sake of the Libyan people and for America's reputation in the Arab world, one has to hope that President Obama has learned the value of boldness.

Reflections on the Revolution in France was an indictment not only of the French Revolution but of the French Enlightenment.

While there was plenty of empathy with Egyptians, there were no mass protests. Instead, Russian disquiet has assumed other, less hopeful forms.

Meticulously researched and textured with fascinating details, these essays "show" as well as "tell" where Russia has been in the past fifteen years and where it is going.