Breaking the U.S.-Russia Impasse: Keeping the Door Open to Dialogue

... a Syrian aircraft that was purportedly threatening U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Force militias, which Washington says were fighting ... ... eventual resolution of a number of disputes. Ilya Kravchenko: USA and NATO: Who Needs Who? Geostrategic Concerns At the roots ... ... Middle East. How might the 2013 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear accord with Iran impact U.S. Missile Defense deployments ... ... format for the Minsk talks needed? Should the U.S., and possibly Turkey, join the Minsk talks along with Russia, Ukraine, France ...