Russia and the USA at the Crossroads: Obama's Initiatives and Moscow's Reaction

"Window of opportunities" On the 17th of June this year, a meeting of Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin was held at the G8 Summit. The two Presidents signed several important arrangements aimed at strengthening bilateral relations between Russia and the U.S. that lived though a complicated period in 2012. In essence, it became possible to elaborate a new agenda after ... ... arms reductions should be agreed upon in order to eliminate the U.S. advantage in its breakout potential. As is known, the new START Treaty has established for the sides the ceilings of 1550 "deployed" nuclear warheads and 700 "deployed" ...