The author would like to thank the many officials, think-tankers
and academics who have helped with this report. He would also like
to thank those who commented on drafts: Oksana Antonenko,
Hugo Brady, Edward Burke, Sam Charap, Richard Gowan, David
Hannay, Ben Judah, Clara Marina O’Donnell, Edwina Moreton,
David Shambaugh, Simon Tilford, May-Britt Stumbaum, Stephen
Tindale, Dmitri Trenin, Tomas Valasek and Philip Whyte. A
particular thanks to Katinka Barysch for her advice on the structure
of this report. Thanks to Veronica Collins for research assistance,
and to Neil Prothero of the Economist Intelligence Unit for help
with statistics. Thanks to Kate Mullineux for layout and
production. The author would also like to thank the Open Society
Foundations for supporting the CER’s work on Russia and China.
