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 ... ... opposed the deepening of NATO military infrastructure, including Missile Defense systems, on the territory of new member states.... ... expanded to 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 by extending ... ... even if unevenly? Given the negative Russian reaction to the EU Eastern Partnership, and the expansion of EU influence into post-Soviet ...