Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue
... These include security concerns and disputes revolving around NATO and European Union enlargement, Russian actions in Crimea ... ... that has been further antagonizing relations. First, NATO-member Turkey shot down a Russian aircraft in November 2015 — an action ... ... expanded to include other states, such as the European states and China? Washington is also in the process of modernizing its tactical nuclear weapons systems, such as the B-61-12, in part by extending ... ... the conflict between Turkey, Syria and the Kurds, and between Iraq and the Kurds, given Turkish, Syrian, and Iraqi option to ...