Carnegie Moscow Center
It is understandable that Western leaders prefer to strike tactical deals with the Kremlin and hope Russia does not go down on their watch. But there is another approach: stop helping the Kremlin.
Since the term "strategic stability" first entered the nuclear lexicon, there have been calls to redefine it.
Washington ignores Russia’s obsession with the United States at its own peril.
Putin’s new foreign policy doctrine has control as its true objective, sovereignty as its slogan, and nationalism as its soul.
Russia's perceptions of itself have a very real affect on its bilateral relations with the United States.
At the start of the Obama administration’s second term, it is unclear how Washington and Moscow will approach relations going forward.
Relations between the EU and Russia are changing. By dissociating Russia from the West, Putin may aim to position Moscow to hold inescapable influence going forward.
Though Russia’s relations with the West have deteriorated over 2012, it is important for Moscow and the Western countries to “rediscover” each other and to develop a strategic relationship.
If implemented properly, the Magnitsky Act could mean the restoration of a normative dimension to Western policy on Russia.
The Magnitsky Act, passed by the U.S. Congress, and the Russian response to it can be seen as further evidence of the complicated and worsening relationship between Washington and Moscow.