The Crisis In Russia: What Should Clinton Do?

Publication Date: March 1993

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Ariel Cohen

Research Area: Government

Keywords: Russia and Eurasia

Type: Report

Coverage: Former communist countries

Abstract:

Clinton and his counterparts in the West must abandon the belief that the end of the Cold War ensures the end of danger from the former Soviet Union. Instead of merely reacting to crises, the U.S. and the West need a long-term strategy for bringing their enormous collective influence to bear to ensure that Russia and the other Newly Independent States continue to move toward democracy and free markets, regardless of the change of personalities. Only then can they be assured that these states will not become threats to the security of America and the rest of the Western world.