Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue
... politics and popular attitudes. Accusations of interference in the electoral ... ... disputes revolving around NATO and European Union enlargement, Russian actions in Crimea and eastern Ukraine, as well as the nature of the ... ... antagonizing relations. First, NATO-member Turkey shot down a Russian aircraft ... ... the U.S. fired 59 cruise missiles at Syrian airbase on grounds that the Syrian ... ... process of modernizing its tactical nuclear weapons systems, such as the ... ... Action (JCPOA) nuclear accord with Iran impact U.S. Missile Defense deployments ... ... negative Russian reaction to the EU Eastern Partnership, and the expansion ...