Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue

... Washington says were fighting the Islamic State. For its part, Damascus claims that its fighter jet was likewise attacking Islamic State forces. The latter incident led Russian Ministry of Defense to announce that it would suspend the de-escalation ... ... Georgia, among other former Soviet-bloc states. Moscow has also opposed the deepening of NATO military infrastructure, including Missile Defense systems, on the territory of new member states. Moscow has likewise been pressuring EU members Sweden and Finland ...