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Today, as US-Russia tensions remain at their highest level since the end of the Cold War, it can be difficult to remember that, as the Soviet Union disintegrated and the new Russian Federation emerged, Washington and Moscow sought to jointly manage the transition. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience in nuclear diplomacy and US-Russia relations, Rose Gottemoeller explores these themes and more in her new book, Security Through Cooperation: Space, Nuclear Weapons, and US-Russia Relations after the Cold War.
What early successes did the United States and Russia achieve in their post-Cold War relationship? Was continued cooperation feasible alongside NATO enlargement? What insights can we glean from the past to help guide the future of U.S.-Russia relations?
Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute, spoke with Rose, the William J. Perry Lecturer at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, for a discussion of these questions and of her important contribution to our understanding of the history of US-Russia relations—and where that relationship may go from here.
Today, as US-Russia tensions remain at their highest level since the end of the Cold War, it can be difficult to remember that, as the Soviet Union disintegrated and the new Russian Federation emerged, Washington and Moscow sought to jointly manage the transition. Drawing on decades of firsthand experience in nuclear diplomacy and US-Russia relations, Rose Gottemoeller explores these themes and more in her new book, Security Through Cooperation: Space, Nuclear Weapons, and US-Russia Relations after the Cold War.
What early successes did the United States and Russia achieve in their post-Cold War relationship? Was continued cooperation feasible alongside NATO enlargement? What insights can we glean from the past to help guide the future of U.S.-Russia relations?
Anatol Lieven, director of the Eurasia Program at the Quincy Institute, spoke with Rose, the William J. Perry Lecturer at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University, for a discussion of these questions and of her important contribution to our understanding of the history of US-Russia relations—and where that relationship may go from here.
