Several structural tendencies may significantly jeopardize Russia’s ability to meet the world’s rapidly growing demand for oil.

This time around, Moscow may find the combined interests of Washington, the American oil companies in Kazakhstan, and the transit and consumer countries along this route, too strong to withstand. Success of this project would finally begin to arrest Europe"s worrisome slide into overdependence on Russia for its energy supplies.

With another oil shock looming, the need to broaden the range of America's energy sources has become urgent.

The Internet is already a major factor in Russian politics--and its influence is growing almost daily.

The post-9/11 activist U.S. foreign policy cannot but be increasingly at odds with the Kremlin’s post-imperial "restoration."

This Outlook elucidates the key elements of Russian president Dmitri Medvedev's modernization campaign, listing the areas where it is badly needed but has not been applied, and suggests tests for its implementation.

Is Russia heading forward or backward under the leadership of President Vladimir Putin?