Mapping Out Russia's Future.

“Predicting is hard, especially the future.”

This statement by Yogi Berra opens a new report by the U.S. Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) entitled “Alternative Futures for Russia to 2017”.

Andrew Kuchins, Director of the CSIS Russia Program, who authored the report, humbly admits that “when it comes to Russia, prediction has proven to be a particular perilous endeavor. For the last 20 years, not only have we failed to predict what has happened (in Russia), but we have failed to seriously consider the possibility of what did happen.”

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