In this context, the recent trials of American businessman Edmund Pope and
Russian scientist Igor Sutyagin should be viewed as much more than simple
cases of alleged technological espionage. Rather, they are explicit Russian
efforts to crack down on foreigners working at cross-purposes with the Kremlin
and the Russians who cooperate with them. An apparent increase in efforts by
Russian intelligence services to penetrate the offices of American non-profits in
Moscow likely has a similar purpose.

America's Policy Apparatus

The new administration must seek to integrate policy toward Russia more
effectively into America's overall foreign policy priorities both institutionally and
practically. There is no longer a need for a special State Department
coordinator of policy toward Russia. State Department officials handling Russia,
Ukraine, Belarus, the Baltic States, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan should
probably be folded into the Bureau of European Affairs; those working on
Central Asian issues would likely fit best into the Bureau of South Asian Affairs.
If we are to move away from the transition agenda, we must also do away with
transition-oriented organizational structures.