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| The Foundation has focused on the NATO enlargement process and future NATO
organizational and force structure developments. The NATO Enlargement Study Group
was initiated in 1995 to promote the public and professional debate on the issues of NATO
enlargement. The Foundation's programs have been directed toward the next tranche of enlargement and the future strategy for NATO. The program includes policy papers, meetings and roundtables in the Washington, D.C. area, and international conferences.
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Russia and the Post-Soviet Republics |
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| Dr. Phillip Petersen is conducting a Potomac program focused on political,
social, and economic issues affecting all regions of the post-Soviet republics. In the early phases of this program, a series of four studies explored the developments in all 15 successor states following the dissolution the Soviet Union. Potomac Papers were published on Central Asia, Transcaucasia, Slavic Heartland and Moldova, Baltic States, Alternative Scenarios of the Disintegration of the Russian Federation, and the The Future of Nuclear Weapons in the Kazakh Republic's National Security.
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| Cold War History Series | |
| The Foundation is sponsoring research programs dealing with the development of U.S. cold war policy and strategies. The first documents the developments of the net assessment methodology conducted under the leadership of Andrew Marshall in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The second deals with the development of cold war strategies during the Reagan Administration. | |