OPINION: Monsters’ Ball

Last week, a senior Russian official met two Republican senators and came away warning that the GOP would drive Washington’s relations with Moscow into the ground if they came back to power.

Obama: Enormous headway in U.S.-Russian relations

The U.S. and Russia have made enormous progress in their relations over the last two years, U.S. President Barack Obama said in an interview with the Russian media.

Moscow and Washington have new reasons to quarrel

New signs of a possible cooling in Russia-US relations are emerging. Following the reports about the repressive measures against officials from the “Magnitsky list”, the US media have reported on the Russian intelligence agencies’ possible involvement in the explosions in Georgia. Meanwhile, Russia’s permanent envoy to NATO, Dmitry Rogozin, made it abundantly clear yesterday that the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense in Europe is targeted against Russia.

OPINION: U.S.-Russia joint missile defense?

In the unlikely-but-true department: Senior U.S. and Russian officials met this week in Washington to discuss how joint data-fusion and operations centers would work if the two countries could hammer out an agreement to cooperate on missile-defense.

Why Does U.S. Refuse To Commit To Promises?

Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov

During his visit to Washington from July 11th to the 13th, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov expects to receive an answer as to why the U.S. has refused to legally commit to the fact that the European missile defense system is not directed against Russia.

Reset in Russia-U.S. relations ‘working out’ – Lavrov

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

The reset in Russia-U.S. relations is bearing good fruit, but several disputable points, especially the projected deployment of a NATO missile defense shield in Europe, are still eclipsing bilateral ties, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

A Case of False Missile Defense Panic

 

Russia’s military hawks, who constantly warn that U.S. missile defense will undermine Russia’s strategic nuclear deterrence, are experiencing a similar hallucination.