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

... a discussion of realistic options that could help lead to the eventual resolution of a number of disputes. Ilya Kravchenko: USA and NATO: Who Needs Who? Geostrategic Concerns At the roots of the crisis is the fact that NATO and the European Union (EU) ... ... 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 ...