Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue
... generally agree on the need to control the Islamic State. However, there has been a significant ... ... 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,... ... Germany? Would a peacekeeping mission under OSCE auspices prove acceptable if Kiev, Moscow ... ... Turkey, Syria and the Kurds, and between Iraq and the Kurds, given Turkish, Syrian,...