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Hillary Clinton Upbeat On Russia 'Reset' After Moscow Talks
October 13, 2009By Gregory Feifer Hillary Clinton has said she's pleased with the effects so far of Washington's rapprochement with Moscow during her first visit to the Russian capital as U.S. secretary of state. She said both sides had agreed to work more closely...
US, Russia Note Progress on Nuclear Arms Treaty
October 13, 2009Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States and Russia have made "considerable" progress on plans to reduce their nuclear arsenals. Lavrov made the comments to reporters Tuesday following his meeting in Moscow with U.S. Secretary...
U.S.-Poland Agenda: From Strategic Partnership to Velvet Divorce?
July 15, 2009Olaf Osica at the Natolin European Centre in Warsaw examines the state of U.S.-Poland relations under the Obama administration. “After years of political honeymoon," he writes, the relationship between Poland and the United States has entered...
Russian People Swayed By Obama, But Kremlin Another Matter
July 08, 2009By Gregory Feifer The first time Barack Obama visited Moscow, four years ago, he found himself detained for hours in a provincial airport. The then-junior Democratic senator from Illinois was touring weapons facilities with Republican Senator Richard...
Will U.S.-Russia Summit Finally Begin 'Reset'?
July 04, 2009By Gregory Feifer U.S. President Barack Obama hopes to reinvigorate Washington's moribund relations with Moscow when he travels to Russia for his first summit meeting with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev on July 6. But the two sides face serious...
Before the Summit, the U.S. Forgives Russia for Invading Georgia
July 02, 2009By Pavel Felgenhauer On Monday July 6, President Barack Obama is expected in Moscow for a summit to discuss nuclear arms control, Iran, Afghanistan the post-Soviet space and other issues. It has been announced that Obama will spend most of July 6 in...
- July 01, 2009
By Dr. M. J. Williams President Obama is off to Moscow in hopes of ‘resetting’ U.S.-Russia relations. But there is little reason to expect that the trip will produce a positive change in the relationship. At best, Russia regards the United...
Russian Strategy Makes It Tough To 'Reset' Relations
June 09, 2009By Khatuna Mshvidobadze As U.S. President Barack Obama flips through his briefing book to prepare for his July 6-8 summit meeting with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, he should tarry over Russia's May 12 "Security Strategy of the Russian Federation...
Obama-Medvedev: Georgia is Key to the “Reset”
June 02, 2009By David J. Smith US President Barack Obama will travel to Moscow July 6-8 on the first real test of his attempt to “reset” US-Russian relations. At the Kremlin, Obama must articulate what is negotiable and what is not. In the latter category...
Ukraine: A Delicate Balancing Act
May 29, 2009By David Kramer and Damon Wilson All eyes on the reset button, Washington has failed to notice Russia's meddling in a crisis next door. Russia has always had a knack for overshadowing its neighbors - and this time the West, focused on Moscow, is...