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Essential Reading Items

Policy Brief 11-9: Lessons from the East European Financial Crisis, 2008-10
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
June 2011

Book: How Latvia Came through the Financial Crisis
by Anders Åslund and Valdis Dombrovskis
May 2011

Book: The Last Shall Be the First: The East European Financial Crisis
by Anders Åslund
October 2010

Paper: Proposals for Ukraine: 2010—Time For Reforms
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Report by the Independent International Experts Commission: A Reform Program for a New President of Ukraine
February 2010

Book: The Russia Balance Sheet
by Anders Åslund and Andrew Kuchins
April 2009

Book: How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy
by Anders Åslund
March 2009

Book: How Capitalism Was Built: The Transformation of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia
by Anders Åslund
August 2007

Working Paper 06-5: The Eurasian Growth Paradox
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Nazgul Jenish, University of Maryland
June 2006

Policy Briefs

12-17: Southern Europe Ignores Lessons from Latvia at Its Peril [pdf]
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
June 2012

11-9: Lessons from the East European Financial Crisis, 2008-10 [pdf]
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
June 2011

06-3: Russia's Challenges as Chair of the G-8 [pdf]
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
March 2006

Working Papers

12-11: Gender in Transition: The Case of North Korea [pdf]
by Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego
and Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute for International Economics
June 2012

12-9: The Microeconomics of North–South Korean Cross-Border Integration [pdf]
by Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego
and Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute for International Economics
May 2012

11-8: Resource Management and Transition in Central Asia, Azerbaijan, and Mongolia [pdf]
by Richard Pomfret, University of Adelaide, Australia
March 2011

10-2: Economic Crime and Punishment in North Korea [pdf]
by Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego
and Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute for International Economics
March 2010

07-7: North Korea’s External Economic Relations [pdf]
by Stephan Haggard, University of California, San Diego
and Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute for International Economics
August 2007

06-5: The Eurasian Growth Paradox [pdf]
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Nazgul Jenish, University of Maryland
June 2006

Op-eds

VTB Purchase of Tele2 Is a Classic Insider Deal
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
April 16, 2013

Nine Reasons Why Stability in Russia May Be Elusive
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
January 22, 2013

Ukraine's Monetary Policy Is Shockingly Incompetent
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Kyiv Post, originally published in Russian by Forbes Ukraine magazine
January 10, 2013

You're a Mean One, Mr. Putin
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Foreign Policy
December 28, 2012

Ukraine's New Government Sign of Increasing Yanukovych Weakness
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Kyiv Post
December 25, 2012

Rise and Fall of Russia's Economic Think Tanks
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
December 18, 2012

Ukraine's Flawed Elections: A Silver Lining?
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Central Europe Digest
December 3, 2012

Rosneft Is the Foundation of Putin's State Capitalism
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
October 23, 2012

Ukraine's Outdated Educational System Translates into Lagging Economy
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Kyiv Post
October 4, 2012

Paul Krugman's Baltic Problem
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Foreign Policy. Reposted with permission.
September 13, 2012

Why Moldova Has Turned Its Back on Russia
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
July 26, 2012

Moldova Deserves PNTR As Well
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Hill
June 20, 2012

Putin's Eurasian Illusion Will Lead to Isolation
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
June 20, 2012

Why Toomas Ilves Is Right and Paul Krugman Is Wrong
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Postimees, Estonia
June 10, 2012

What Putin's Piecemeal Reforms Will Look Like
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
May 29, 2012

Putin's New Economic Liberalism
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
April 24, 2012

Why BRICS Is No Good for Russia
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
March 28, 2012

Why Gazprom Resembles a Crime Syndicate
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
February 28, 2012

Putin's Dangerous Reprivatization Idea
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
February 22, 2012

The Snow Revolution's Orange Shadow
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Project Syndicate
February 10, 2012

Putin Without Putinism
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Foreign Policy. Reposted with permission.
February 8, 2012

How to Rebuild Russia
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
December 20, 2011

Ukraine's Finances Appear Unsustainable
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Kyiv Post
October 14, 2011

Kiev Can't Manage Without the European Union
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
September 27, 2011

Twenty Years of Ukrainian Independence: An Assessment
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Korrespondent
September 26, 2011

The United States, Not Gaidar, Killed Yeltsin's Reforms
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
August 23, 2011

High Graft + 4 Percent Growth = Enduring Stagnation for the Russian Economy
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
July 27, 2011

Lukashenko Digs Belarus' Grave
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
May 26, 2011

Ukraine's Putin?
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Washington Post
May 2, 2011

Schism in the Tandem Is Getting Larger
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
April 26, 2011

Learning Some Big Lessons from Little Estonia
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
March 21, 2011

What Russia Can Learn from Tunisia and Egypt
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
February 23, 2011

Post Crisis: What Europe Can Learn from the Baltic States
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Central Europe Digest
February 1, 2011

New Europe's Surprising Resilience
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Project Syndicate
December 16, 2010

Assessing Moscow's Management of the Crisis
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
October 27, 2010

Let's Get Privatization Right This Time Around
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
August 18, 2010

The Kremlin's New Policy in Its Near Abroad
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
July 28, 2010

Modernize or Marginalize
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Andrew Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
June 18, 2010

Yanukovych at the Crossroads
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
June 2, 2010

A New Chance to Build Kyrgyz Democracy
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
April 28, 2010

Pyongyang Tipping Point
by Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Wall Street Journal
April 12, 2010

North Korea Turns in a Widening Gyre
by Marcus Noland, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed published in Handelsblatt as "Gescheiterte Reform destabilisiert Nordkorea"
March 30, 2010

10 Steps Ukraine Should Take Toward Reform
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
March 24, 2010

Does Russia Belong in the BRICs?
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Financial Times
January 19, 2010

Life Is Not Fair
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
December 29, 2009

Ukraine above the Rest in Crisis Management
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
April 22, 2009

Baltic Protests and Financial Meltdowns
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Globalist
February 10, 2009

Leonid Kuchma Built a Prosperous Ukraine
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
August 28, 2008

Inflation's Sunspots Stain Economic Successes in Post-Communist Region
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
June 25, 2008

Will Freer Markets Lead to a More Democratic Government in Russia?
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Article in eJournalUSA 13, no. 6
June 2008

Tymoshenko Government Off to a Promising, Ambitious Start
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Kyiv Post
February 7, 2008

Russia's New Oligarchy: For Putin and Friends, a Gusher of Questionable Deals
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Washington Post
December 12, 2007

Combating Inflation with WTO Membership
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
October 31, 2007

Reflections on the Ukrainian Parliamentary Election: Analysis and Commentary
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in Action Ukraine Report (AUR) #879
October 15, 2007

Suffering from Oil's Curse a Matter of Choice
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
December 6, 2006

Economics, Not Politics, Is Central Europe’s Big Problem
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Financial Times
November 8, 2006

The Folly of Renationalization
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Op-ed in the Moscow Times
May 23, 2006

Speeches and Papers

Ukraine: Moving Beyond Stalemate?
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony before the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (US Helsinki Commission)
March 16, 2010

Proposals for Ukraine: 2010—Time For Reforms [pdf]
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Report by the Independent International Experts Commission: A Reform Program for a New President of Ukraine
February 2010

The Global Financial Crisis and Development Strategy for Emerging Market Economies [pdf]
by William R. Cline, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Remarks presented to the Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, World Bank, Seoul, Korea
June 23, 2009

Implications of the Crisis for Eastern Europe
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Article in the newsletter of the United Nations Development Programme and London School of Economics and Political Science
June 2009

Engaging Ukraine in 2009 [pdf]
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
and Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution
and Jonathan Elkind, Brookings Institution
Brookings Institution Policy Paper 13
Reposted with the permission of the Brookings Institution
March 2009

Gazprom’s Strategy
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony before Hearing on EU Economic and Trade Relations with Russia, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament, Brussels
November 21, 2006

Russia's WTO Accession
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Testimony at the Hearing on EU Economic and Trade Relations with Russia, Committee on International Trade, European Parliament, Brussels
November 21, 2006

Re-privatization Should Be Avoided
by Anders Aslund, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Article in Kyiv Post
February 2, 2006

Books

Devaluing to Prosperity: Misaligned Currencies and Their Growth Consequences
by Surjit S. Bhalla
August 2012

Who Needs to Open the Capital Account?
by Olivier Jeanne , Arvind Subramanian and John Williamson
April 2012

How Latvia Came through the Financial Crisis
by Anders Åslund and Valdis Dombrovskis
May 2011

The Last Shall Be the First: The East European Financial Crisis
by Anders Åslund
October 2010

Russia after the Global Economic Crisis
edited by Anders Åslund , Sergei Guriev and Andrew Kuchins
May 2010

The Russia Balance Sheet
by Anders Åslund and Andrew Kuchins
April 2009

How Ukraine Became a Market Economy and Democracy
by Anders Åslund
March 2009

Russia's Capitalist Revolution: Why Market Reform Succeeded and Democracy Failed
by Anders Åslund
October 2007

Economic Consequences of Soviet Disintegration
edited by John Williamson
May 1993 (Out-of-Print)