Russia: Domestic Uncertainties, Enduring National Interests

Steven L. Burg is Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of International Politics at Brandeis University. As Moscow streets erupt into a “Russian Spring”, [a speculative query by the West], is the present turmoil a pre-cursor to the upcoming elections and a spoiler for the shoo-in victory by Vladimir Putin? Will there be a display of brute force against a public demonstration? While those possibilities linger in the background, it is a certainty that Russia’s efforts to maximize its power are enduring.

Steven L. Burg

Professor Burg is the author or co-author of more than 60 books, articles and other publications and more than 70 scholarly papers on Soviet and East European Politics as well as on ethnic conflict and Balkan Politics. He is an elected faculty representative to the Board of Trustees at Brandeis University.