... difficulties, there are still signs for optimism
Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin have known each other for a long time—decades,... ... agree to the meeting scheduled for June 16 in Geneva. The U.S.–Russia relations have seen a steady decline over the past few years,... ... have no intentions of shirking the responsibility they bear for international security.
Andrey Kortunov:
Will Geneva Be Any Different ... ... Putin-Biden Summit?
There are other equally important dimensions to strategic stability that need to be addressed in Geneva.
Strategic ...
Reaffirming that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought, the United States and Russia could agree to specific steps at Helsinki to reduce nuclear risks
Presidents Trump and Putin will finally meet next week in Helsinki for a bilateral summit. Throughout the Cold War, summits between US and Soviet leaders were overwhelmingly welcomed ...
The concept of strategic stability as we have known it since early 1960s becomes antiquated and immaterial
... ... drones, exotic laser strike systems, and so on. Military and technical experts — in Russia and abroad — now discuss whether the Kremlin already has such advanced weapons... ... conceal a more fundamental change in the Russian strategic thinking articulated by Vladimir Putin: the country is drifting in the direction of strategic isolationism....