Resisting the State: Reform and Retrenchment in Post-Soviet Russia Kathryn Stoner-Weiss [http://cddrl.stanford.edu/publications/resisting_the_state_reform_and_retrenchment_in_postsoviet_russia/]

Inside Rebellion: The Politics of Insurgent Violence Jeremy M. Weinstein [http://cddrl.stanford.edu/publications/inside_rebellion_the_politics_of_insurgent_violence/]

Evaluating International Influences on Democratic DevelopmentWorkshop October 25, 2007 - October 26, 2007 [http://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/evaluating_international_influences_on_democratic_development/]

The Oil and The Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and fortune on the Caspian SeaResearch Seminar ( RSVP required) Steve LeVine, Journalist, Wall Street Journal [http://cddrl.stanford.edu/events/the_oil_and_the_glory_the_pursuit_of_empire_and_fortune_on_the_caspian_sea/]

The Wars on Three Fronts: Iraq, the Pentagon, and Main Street LectureThom Shanker, National Security and Foreign Policy Correspondent, The New York Times [http://cisac.stanford.edu/events/the_wars_on_three_fronts_iraq_the_pentagon_and_main_street/]

Xenophon Paper No. 2, July 2007 by Panagiota Manoli (ed.), Unfolding the Black Sea Economic Cooperation: Views from the Region now available for download. Includes articles by Nadia Alexandrova Arbatova, Mustafa Aydin, Joseph Chakhvashvili, Aleksandar Fatic, Omer Fazlioglu, MarinLessenski, Panagiota Manoli, Nicolae Micu, Igor Munteanu, Elkhan Nuriyev, Grigoriy Perepelytsia and Styopa Safaryan. [http://icbss.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=426]