Medvedev and Missile Defense – Washington Post and CFR

  Russian president Dmitry Medvedev claims to have pressed the “reset” button on US-Russia relations.  Just in case you believed it, make sure you go through the rhetorical checklist first: Does he admit some small flaw or challenge? Check.  “It is hard to dispute the pessimistic assessments of the Russian-American relationship that prevailed at the [...]

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Dmitry Rogozin: An End to Cold Peace – Comment is Free – The Guardian

          This post links to the opinions of Dmitry Rogozin, the permanent representative of Russia to NATO.  Reading this from an American perspective, I found his views to be highly nationalistic and skewed. Though diplomacy is decidedly a game of unspoken contracts, finesse, and quid-pro-quo arrangements, it is absurd to think [...]

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