Wilson Center Experts
Emil Abramovich Pain
Galina Starovoitova Fellows on Human Rights and Conflict Re
Kennan Institute
Expertise:
Russia and Eurasia
; Russia
Affiliation:
Professor and Director, The Center for Ethno-Political Studies, The Higher School of Economics University
Wilson Center Project(s):
Russian Policy in the Conflict Areas in the Territory of the NIS: Typological Specifics, Development Forecast and Humanization Opportunities
Project Summary
Examines Russias nationality policies under the Yeltsin administration. Analyzes the relationships between the development of a new political system in Russia, the elimination of totalitarian consciousness, and the shaping of efficient public policy on the resolution of ethnopolitical conflicts in the NIS. Concludes that Russian policy on conflict resolution may prove to be efficient only if supported by strong civil institutions in society with a transformed mass consciousness.