TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Eurasian Forward, by Eduard Shevardnadze

American Forward, by Lee H. Hamilton

Russian Forward, by Yegor Gaidar

 

Introduction, by Jan H. Kalicki and Eugene K. Lawson

 

Part I.  Commerce with Russia

1.      Russia’s Investment Outlook, by Z. Blake Marshall

2.      Expanding U.S.—Russian Trade, by Susanne S. Lotarski

3.      Regionalism or Globalization?, by Maxim Y. Medvedkov

 

Russian commentary by German O. Gref, Minister of Economic Development and Trade of the Russian Federation

 

Part II.  Commerce with Eurasia

4.      The Investment Climate in Central Asia and the Caucasus, by S. Frederick Starr

5.      Trade Issues in U.S. Dealings with Eurasia, by Sarah C. Carey

6.      The Case of Ukraine, by Kempton Jenkins

7.      Caspian Futures, by Steven R. Mann

 

Eurasian Commentary by Temur Basilia, Assistant to the President of Georgia on Economic Issues

 

Part III.  Economic Drivers

8.      The Energy Locomotive, by Paul F. Hueper

9.      Aerospace, by Ruth R. Harkin

10.  Automotive Sector, by Scott M. Blacklin

11.  Agriculture and Agribusiness, by Christian J. Foster and Asif J. Chaudhry

12.  Telecommunications, by Augie K. Fabela II

 

Eurasian and Russian Commentary, by Vladimir Shkolnik, Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources and former Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

 

Part IV.  The Constraints for Russia and Eurasia

13.  Systemic Risk Factors in Russia and Eurasia, by Mark F. Brzezinski and Joseph C. Bell

14.  Corporate Governance and Rule of Law, by Richard N. Dean

15.  The Banking System, by Juliet Johnson

16.  Oligarchic Capitalism in Russia, by David E. Hoffman

 

Russian and Eurasian Commentary, by Dmitry V. Vasiliev, former Chairman, Russian Federal Commission on the Securities Market

 

Part V.  Prospects for the Future

17.  Eventual Success of Market Reform, by Anders Aslund

18.  Trade Agreements and the WTO, by Catherine A. Novelli

19.  The Political Dynamic, by Toby T. Gati and Tapio L. Christiansen

 

Eurasian Commentary, by Sodiq S. Safaev, Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan

 

Russian Commentary, by Yevgeniy G. Yasin, former Russian Minister of Economy

 

Conclusion by Jan H. Kalicki and Eugene K. Lawson