Carnegie Moscow Center
The U.S.-Russia "reset" will face significant challenges as it matures. Both sides must show sensitivity and flexibility in recognizing each other’s political and security constraints, and think creatively to find possible common ground.
Mikhail Gorbachev deserves recognition for being a leader who changed the world with his willingness to make difficult and unpopular decisions.
The recent reset between Russia and the West is being used by Moscow as a tool for the legitimization and perpetuation of the Russian status-quo and hasn’t prevented the strengthening of repressive policies inside Russia.
Confronting the global challenges in 2011, from the ongoing war in Afghanistan and a rising China to continuing international economic turmoil, will require an understanding how much has changed and the extent to which the center of gravity in global power has shifted.
Moscow's more active policy stance on North Korea serves Russia's strategic, political, and economic interests and could potentially have a positive impact on the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
After New START, the next step to reduce nuclear arms must deal with two major issues: tactical nuclear weapons and other nuclear weapon states.
The ratification of the New START Treaty by the U.S. Senate speaks to the stability of the Russian-American “reset.” But the next challenge for Russia and the United States—missile defense—will be much more difficult.
Nearly two years after President Obama’s reset of bilateral relations with Russia, the ratification of New START by the U.S. Congress is an important step forward both for U.S.-Russia cooperation and for global nuclear security.
Achieving a genuinely collaborative approach to missile defense would address a common threat to the Euro-Atlantic region and help remove the misgivings that are blocking progress toward a common security space.
A Euro-Atlantic security community would be built on a transformed strategic relationship between the United States, NATO, and Russia, and reconciliation between Moscow and Central and Eastern Europe.