Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue
... European Union enlargement, Russian actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, as well as the ... ... antagonizing relations. First, NATO-member Turkey shot down a Russian aircraft in November ... ... 2017, the U.S. fired 59 cruise missiles at Syrian airbase on grounds that the Syrian ... ... 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,... ... as well as in Japan, South Korea, and the Middle East. How might the 2013 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear accord with Iran impact U.S. Missile Defense deployments ...