Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue
... 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 ... ... 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 ... ... in the process of modernizing its tactical nuclear weapons systems, such as the B-61-12,... ... 2013 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear accord with Iran impact U.S. Missile Defense deployments ... ... Given the negative Russian reaction to the EU Eastern Partnership, and the expansion of ...