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...Ulam served as director of Harvard's Russian Research Center from 1973 to 1976 and from 1980 to 1992. A prolific writer, his works included The Bolsheviks and Stalin: The Man and His Era, considered by academics to be among the most important profiles of Lenin and Stalin, respectively...
...Putin's primary objective may be to outflank Washington's efforts to build an umbrella system Russia fears may eventually neutralize its own nuclear deterrent, thereby destabilizing the nuclear balance - a prospect that has Western Europe scared that Washington's plan could reignite the arms race. "It's a Russian tradition in arms control politics to do whatever they can to peel away Europe from the U.S.," says Thompson. "And right now, it may be an effective maneuver...
...popularity of pulchritudinous ANNA KOURNIKOVA, 18, one of the top money earners on the tour last year despite the fact that she has never won a singles tournament. Tauziat brands Kournikova a self-absorbed "Lolita" who plays up her nonathletic charms to garner attention. She does concede that the Russian is "fun and rather nice, even if she unfortunately does not show respect to everyone." Given the nature of her complaint, it is somewhat curious that Tauziat chose to pose for the cover of her book on a bed, clutching a pillow, wearing a nightgown. It seems she's picked...
Ignore the spin - Bill Clinton's valedictory Moscow summit had all the warmth of a bargaining session between divorce lawyers. He and President Vladimir Putin failed to make any progress on the vexing question of missile defense, and the Russians signaled their displeasure with the U.S. president by failing to broadcast his speech to the Russian legislature on TV. "It was extremely important to the surviving pro-Western elements in Russia's political elite that Clinton get a chance to make the case for liberalization to the Russian public," says TIME Moscow correspondent Andrew Meier. "That didn't happen because...
...made the politically popular notion of missile defense a centerpiece of its challenge to the administration on defense and foreign policy. Candidate George W. Bush has, in fact, come out in favor of a full-blown missile shield designed to neutralize the deterrent value of the Russian missile fleet along with everyone else's. In order to proceed with building the system according to the timetable he set himself, President Clinton would have to make the fateful decision on whether to scrap the ABM treaty at the height of the presidential race. "The Russians, on the other hand, have...