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Addressing Unresolved Challenges in U.S.-Russia Relations
March 13, 2020 | Jeffrey Mankoff The report summarizes discussions at a U.S.-Russia Track II Dialogue on the strategic competition in the Western Balkans, future of the nuclear non-proliferation regime, and sanctions. The participants discussed the objectives of each side and suggested an outline of steps to...

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Key Challenges in U.S.-Russian Relations: Are Collaborative Approaches Possible?
March 13, 2019 | Jeffrey Mankoff, Rachel Ellehuus Despite the difficult relationship between the United States and Russia, both countries have an interest in preventing the outbreak of new conflicts in Europe and in ameliorating the risks from existing conflicts in Ukraine, Syria, and Afghanistan.

Blog Post
Space for Cooperation?
August 21, 2018
From The Post-Soviet Post

The U.S. and Russia still have incentives to continue working together, including mutual financial benefits, interdependence of space industries, and the fulfillment of existing agreements.

Report
Policy Priorities in U.S.-Russia Relations
November 17, 2017 The U.S.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) convened the latest in a series of expert meetings on U.S.-Russia relations in October 2017 in Moscow.

Report
U.S.-Russia Economic Relations
October 24, 2017

This study offers a detailed analysis of U.S.-Russia economic relations, viewed in a broader geopolitical context. It assesses the limits of bilateral cooperation through the economic and political trajectories of both countries, particularly considering the structural...


Report
A Roadmap for U.S.-Russia Relations
August 14, 2017 At a time when tension between the US and Russia is higher than it has been in decades, we cannot...

Report
A Roadmap for U.S.-Russia Relations--Executive Summary
March 23, 2017

Big is big, but small is also big. That is the common thread running through the papers that this august group of experts have put together on the future of U.S.-Russia relations.

Report
Will Russia continue to play the role of spoiler?
December 15, 2016

U.S. relations with Russia have been in a tailspin for almost three years. Moscow’s decision in early 2014 to annex Crimea and use military force there and in Eastern Ukraine put a seeming end to almost a quarter century of Western efforts to engage and integrate...


Commentary
Unpacking Russia's New National Security Strategy
January 7, 2016

On December 31, 2015, Russian President Vladimir Putin approved a new national security strategy for his country.


Report
Inside the Kremlin
November 16, 2015 Just what is the Kremlin thinking these days? With war in Ukraine, heightened military activities unnerving NATO allies, and anti-Western rhetoric high, Moscow seems determined to worsen its relations with Washington, Brussels, and Berlin, even at increasing cost to Russia’s...

Commentary
Ukraine and the Weary Hegemon
June 18, 2015 | Jeffrey Mankoff

The Ukraine crisis has demonstrated both the benefits and the pitfalls of what an Obama administration staffer once infelicitously described as “leading from behind,” that is, allowing Washington’s allies to take the lead in crisis diplomacy. The...


Commentary
Putin’s Mixed Signals
May 29, 2015 | Jeffrey Mankoff

What a few weeks it has been for Russian President Vladimir Putin. As the crisis in Ukraine grinds on and Russia’s economy continues to sputter, Putin seems to recognize that it is time for a new approach, and it appears the stasis that has prevailed since the...


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