Michael McFaul
Moscow blindsides Clinton-led delegation
October 19, 2009By Vladimir Socor The Kremlin blindsided U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton with unexpected challenges during her October 13-14 Moscow visit, her first to Russia in that official capacity. The Russian side distorted the agenda previously agreed...
US Planning to Treat Russia as It Did the USSR
October 14, 2009By Paul Goble The Obama Administration “has decided to conduct its relations with [the Russian Federation] just as it did with the Soviet Union,” an approach that reflects Washington’s judgment that “in the near future, Russia...