... Kotkin
, professor of Woodrow Wilson School for Public and International Affairs at Princeton comments on the current state of Russia-U.S. relations, the roots of tensions, and reasons of misunderstanding.
Could you please give an assessment to current ... ... are multiple other factors, of course, but those are the three main ones that I see in deterioration of relations.
Is it a new Cold War?
It’s not possible to call this a new Cold War from the American side because, as I said, there’s been a ...
... American counterpart Robert E. Berls Jr.
Last week the
Moscow Times
published an open letter by Robert Berls, senior adviser for Russia and Eurasia at the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI). In his letter to the Russian colleagues, Mr.Berls expressed his concern ... ... is it the first or the only. The reasons are more profound
, and their consequences could be catastrophic.
At the end of the Cold War, the United States was presented with a unique opportunity to lead the international community. Ideally, it was about ...
Instead of a new Cold War, someday we could face a real, large-scale military conflict
Since the crisis in Ukraine began, many have claimed that a new Cold War between Russia and the West already exists. This rhetoric, used even by high-profile politicians, in my opinion, is driven mostly by emotions and is meant to justify difficult positions taken by one or the other side.
I am convinced that no Cold War of the type ...
A real cold war is still far away but the sides are working hard to make it happen
As it comes to a close, the year 2014 has seen relations between Russia and the collective West reach an emotional level if not seen during the time of the Cold War, then certainly during the periods of detente. Hence, close attention is being paid to any sort of military activities, with the Western media focused ...
Interview with Ian Kearns
Recently the European Leadership Network issued an intriguing
report
analyzing military encounters between Russian and West in 2014 after the onset of the Ukrainian crisis. The RIAC team asked Dr. Ian Kearns, ELN Director, to shed some light on the methodology and tools used to create the report. Some questions on the period of the Cold War and the future of Russian-Western military coexistence also arose.
The first question is about the methodology of your research. What were your principles for monitoring, gathering and processing the data?
We based the report on open sources....
