Carnegie Moscow Center
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.
Russia, the United States, and NATO should recognize the diverse long-term benefits of dialogue over cooperative missile defense.
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.
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.
The Arab revolts are pushing Western governments to reject a pragmatic approach to foreign relations in favor of support for democratic values and human rights, with potentially significant effects on Russia’s relations with the West.
April 12 marked the 50th anniversary of the first manned spaceflight. Today, space exploration offers the promise of new technologies and solutions to critical challenges facing the international community.
Moscow's position on military intervention in Libya plays into Russia's foreign policy focus on modernization and cooperation with Western Europe and the United States and is likely to be a factor in the upcoming 2012 presidential elections.
Russia’s decision to abstain on the UN Security Council resolution on Libya marked a new milestone in the evolution of Moscow’s foreign policy toward a more pragmatic approach.
Russia’s choice to abstain on the UN Security Council resolution on Libya demonstrates that Moscow’s new foreign policy is shaped by its vital interests and its desire to maintain good relations with both the EU and the United States.