 The Us-Russia Relations After The “Reset”: Pragmatism Or A New Confrontation?Dmitry Suslov ()
HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics Abstract: The US-Russia relations are entering a new political season in a shape which is far from being perfect. The “reset” is over, and throughout the years 2011 and especially 2012 the relations have worsened again. Political leadership of both countries is irritated and disappointed with each other. Unlike the last four years, neither Russia nor the US will invest much political capital in their relations improvement, and their relative priority will decrease in both countries’ foreign policies. The share of contradictions in the relations surpasses that of positive cooperation again. Yet, the paper argues, a new worsening of the US-Russia relations or their new stagnation over the next years is in neither side’s interests. The US and Russia still do have an important positive agenda to work on, which is crucial for both sides’ vital national interests. It includes, above all, Afghanistan and the Asia Pacific. The major impediment of progress on both dimensions, the author claims, will be in the near- and middle term future a lack of political will on both sides to move the relations forward. Keywords: Russia; United States; US-Russia relations; crisis; security; reset. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in WP BRP Series: International Relations / IR, December 2013, pages 1-24 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hig:wpaper:04/ir/2013 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in HSE Working papers from National Research University Higher School of Economics |
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