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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 In a viewpoint article, French political scientist Pierre Lellouche covers the evolving political climate regarding nuclear weaponry. The agreement between the two powers of the United States and the USSR to withdraw and destroy tactical land and sea-based nuclear weapons following the end of the Cold War highlighted deterrence, at least between the two states. While this allowed for the fear of nuclear war to dissipate, the certainty only provided slight comfort to the two powers. The agreement led to discussions concerning the denuclearization of the rest of Europe, except for France and Britain. This arrangement left Europe in a state of discomfort, as Lellouche points out in his bluntly-named article, \u201cEurope must not be nuclear-free.\u201d Lellouche believes that leaving a \u201chuge strategic void in the centre [sic] of Europe\u201d and removing the deterrence of nuclear war, the fact that the USSR\u2019s successor state of Russia will remain a nuclear power, and the \u201cdanger posed by the proliferation of mass destruction weapons\u201d as displayed by the Gulf War all point to being \u201cextremely damaging\u201d for \u201cpeace and stability in the new Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n Maintaining eyes on the international level, Moscow News <\/em>writer Tatyana Yakhlikova covers the political discord over Yeltsin\u2019s emergency decree on Chechnya-Ingushetia. The second congress of the Democratic Russia movement exposed dissent that many had already believed existed when delegates walked out of the session. A long-standing \u201cfruitless debate inside the Democratic Russia\u201d between \u201cone indivisible Russia\u201d and \u201cone divisible Russia\u201d was halted due to political party shifts. The loss of the three parties, the Democratic Party of Russia, the People\u2019s Freedom of the Constitutional Democrats, and the Russian Christian Democratic Movement, indicated the desperate need for and approaching discussion of a \u201cserious regrouping of political forces\u201d in Russia. The event, which Yakhlikov calls the first \u201copen conflict with the Russian president,\u201d illustrates worries over Russia\u2019s ability to rebalance the political splits caused by the unravelling of the USSR and calls into questions the effectiveness of Yeltsin\u2019s political power. Some of the larger groups, such as the Democratic Reform Movement, the \u201centire ex-communist wing\u201d with the exception of the orthodox members of the Communist Initiative, all pushed heavily for the \u201cestablishment of a powerful state with inviolable borders.\u201d Democratic Russia folded under the weight of this schism, indicative of the problems posed by Russian nationalism and the growing possibility of \u201cethnic conflict.\u201d The political debates threw up significant roadblocks on the way to reform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a new Russia comes into being, political turbulence threatens reform plans. With political actors not on the same page and clear pressures at home and abroad, Russia\u2019s new leaders scramble to find solid ground to build a democratic system. These political stresses foretell a steeper mountain than many were prepared to climb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Natasha Netzorg is a junior majoring in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Works Cited<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Page 3” Moscow News Digital Archive. 1991. https:\/\/dlib-eastview-com.proxy.lib.miamioh.edu\/browse\/doc\/49796918.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Page 11” Moscow News Digital Archive. 1991. https:\/\/dlib-eastview-com.proxy.lib.miamioh.edu\/browse\/doc\/49796905.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Natasha Netzorg With the August coup already far in the rearview mirror the growing concerns for Russians by November 1991 ranged from sports to politics. In the November 17 issue of the English-language newspaper, Moscow News, reporters covered these … Continue reading