Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue
... include security concerns and disputes revolving around NATO and European Union enlargement, Russian actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, as well as the nature of the conventional ... ... further antagonizing relations. First, NATO-member Turkey shot down a Russian aircraft in November 2015 ... ... between Turkey, Syria and the Kurds, and between Iraq and the Kurds, given Turkish, Syrian, and Iraqi ... ... State deal with such a scenario? The Question of Qatar As the proxy war between Saudi Arabia and Iran ... ... unevenly? Given the negative Russian reaction to the EU Eastern Partnership, and the expansion of EU influence ...