... which, in turn, does not necessarily mean an equally wide gap in the fundamental values of the Russian and American people.
This lack of trust and a unified vision for the development of international relations in the near future means that a new “reset” of U.S.–Russia relations is practically impossible, no matter who comes to the White House in January 2017 and who is elected President of the Russian Federation in 2018.
The “reset” that did happen was made possible by a unique confluence of historical ...
... progress and review errors.
Valery Garbuzov, deputy director of the Institute for US and Canadian Studies of the RAS
, shares his view of the situation.
Does Barack Obama’s refusal to meet Vladimir Putin imply that this is the end of the “reset”?
There were difficulties in Russia-U.S. relations since long before the Edward Snowden incident. The armed conflict between Georgia and Russia, missile defense, Syria, strategic arms control, Iran, human rights in Russia, the Magnitsky Act and the adoption of Russian children by ...
One year after the utter failure of the U.S.-Russia “Reset,” the relationship between the two countries is gradually nearing its nadir. Beginning with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s message of encouragement to Russia’s opposition movement and democracy scholar Michael McFaul’s ...
In 2013 the state of, and prospects, for US-Russian cooperation in arms control and security look more dubious than at any point since the end of the Cold War a quarter century ago. The main reasons are not only the complexity of particular problems that have to addressed, but rather the general ...
... coinciding priorities in the two countries’ agendas, whereas the logic pointing to the competitive positioning of Russia and the USA seems stronger than any signs of an emerging joint strategy and tactics.
It is not surprising therefore that in Russia the very notion of the ‘reset’ – whatever the motives, substance and concrete results of this undertaking have been – is basically considered a thing of the past. And the United States is not expected to engage in a ‘reset’ as it did four years ...
... publisher of The National Interest and executive director of the Center for the National Interest, Washington, D.C. The interview was conducted Wednesday morning, January 23, 2013.
Paul Saunders:
Thank you very much for taking time to talk to us. The "reset" in the U.S.-Russia relationship was one of the first foreign policy initiatives during President Obama’s first term. We heard recently that senior State Department officials have said that the word "reset" should be retired because the relationship ...
MOSCOW. Jan 21 (Interfax) - Former Russian foreign minister and former secretary of the Russian Security Council and Russian International Affairs Council President Igor Ivanov said that the "reset" in Russian-American relations has exhausted itself and the two countries should move further.
"Getting back to 'reset,' I think it has fulfilled its mission and exhausted itself," Ivanov said in an interview with Interfax in connection with U.S....
MOSCOW. Jan 21 (Interfax) - Former Russian foreign minister and former secretary of the Russian Security Council and Russian International Affairs Council President Igor Ivanov said that the "reset" in Russian-American relations has exhausted itself and the two countries should move further.
"Getting back to 'reset,' I think it has fulfilled its mission and exhausted itself," Ivanov said in an interview with Interfax in connection with U.S....
... geopolitical one).
There is no indication that this bad feeling will be exacerbated.
The December tensions will cool down again, though they will leave an unpleasant aftertaste. Nevertheless, the situation will not develop into anything more serious. Russia and America have no agendas to match the tasks of today and of tomorrow. Washington is hoping, in essence, for “Reset 2” — a continuation of the dialogue on subjects that achieved relative success in 2009-2010. In addition, it is primarily hoping for further nuclear reduction.
But these hopes are likely to be in vain, because Russia is not open to new ...
... community. I think that what is important is that our president works more closely with the leaders of other powers, and respects the interest of other powers, but is accountable to only the American people for his or her actions.
As an expert in Russia and Russia-U.S. relations, how would you assess the “reset”?
Mr. Obama was asked not long ago what kind of grade he would give his economic policy in the U.S., he said “incomplete” and I think this is also the grade that I would give the reset. I think it started off with some positive ...
