Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue
... Russia generally agree on the need to control the Islamic State. However, there has been a significant ... ... further antagonizing relations. First, NATO-member Turkey shot down a Russian aircraft in November 2015 ... ... April 2017, the U.S. fired 59 cruise missiles at Syrian airbase on grounds that the Syrian military ... ... 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 ... ... between Turkey, Syria and the Kurds, and between Iraq and the Kurds, given Turkish, Syrian, and Iraqi ...