Carnegie Moscow Center
Moscow needs to drop the notion of creating an exclusive power center in the post-Soviet space. Like other former European empires, Russia has no choice but to reinvent itself as a global player and as part of a wider community.
States of the Euro-Atlantic security community share basic interests and depend on one another for security, economic prosperity, and human development. To address modern security challenges, these states must revitalize the institutional foundations of their shared security community.
Enormous societal and political shifts 20 years ago opened prospects for a new, united Europe. Despite Russia’s role in this peaceful departure from totalitarianism, the country’s course in the subsequent two decades was not so straightforward. While the demolition of the Berlin Wall is no guarantee of success, democratic transformations are a necessary precondition.
Russia, the United States, and NATO should recognize the diverse long-term benefits of dialogue over cooperative missile defense.
Russia’s recovery from the global economic crisis has been slow, constrained by a number of economic and political structural problems. Until they are resolved, these issues will continue to hinder Russia’s development.
On June 22, 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union, beginning what Russians call the Great Patriotic War. 70 years later, the history of the war still remains incomplete.
Under Secretary Robert D. Hormats, co-chair of the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission's working group on innovation, discussed progress in the U.S.-Russia economic relationship following the G8 summit meeting in France between Presidents Obama and Medvedev.
Too often, debate on the relationship between Europe and Russia is driven by events—including elections, changes in leadership, and summits—which may provide important policy openings but do not always allow for thoughtful consideration of the long-term factors that shape the relationship.
If Michael McFaul is confirmed as the next U.S. ambassador to Russia, one of his chief tasks will be changing the nature of the strategic relations between the United States and Russia from an adversarial one and toward a cooperative one where neither party regards the other as a potential adversary.
President Obama's visit to Warsaw serves as a geopolitical re-investment in a region that hosts Europe’s most pro-American populace, and which had developed very serious doubts over whether the United States was still the reliable friend and ally they want so much.