The Dynamics of US-Russian Relations: A Critical Perspective

I would like to suggest–and I don't know if this goes against the grain or with the grain–that we've very badly mismanaged US-Russian relations. I will focus my remarks on the political and security field. Specifically, I will:

• explain what I think was the basis for our policy towards Russia in the last decade;

• offer some observations on why that policy failed;

• argue that Kosovo and Chechnya are intimately linked and interrelated;

• briefly discuss the new Russian National Security Concept; and

• suggest where we might go from here, despite the doom and gloom that I mostly focus upon. […]

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