The Washington Post, September 4th, 1998
Why are we playing doctor to Russia? What was President Clinton doing over there in the middle of an economic collapse urging Russians to endure even more bitter economic medicine? Seven years ago, the American policy of urging unbending capitalist reform made sense. We didn't know where Russia was going. It was still possible that it would turn from a Communist enemy into a strong, free-market, democratic partner. We now know this is not going to happen. Russia has turned into something rather different. It is a democracy in form, having elected a president and a Duma (parliament). But for se...
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