Recent developments in the world make it necessary to focus on a dramatic revision of Russian-U.S. relations on a scope not seen before. Russia, the world’s largest country with immense resources, and the U.S., the richest, most powerful and advanced country in the world, have no immanent contradictions. There are no insurmountable obstacles against building a full-scale partnership.
Recent developments in the world make it necessary to focus on a dramatic revision of Russian-U.S. relations on a scope not seen before. Russia, the world’s largest country with immense resources, and the U.S., the richest, most powerful and advanced country in the world, have no immanent contradictions. There are no insurmountable obstacles against building a full-scale partnership.
When the Baltic countries entered NATO and the European Union a couple of years ago, many thought it was the end of the centuries-old "red line." Euro-Atlantic organizations had crossed into the former Russian and Soviet empires.
In September 2004, the Russian city of Novgorod hosted an international conference entitled Russia at the Turn of the Century: Hopes and Reality. Its organizers were the RIA Novosti news agency, the Council on Foreign and Defense Policy, Russia in Global Affairs, and The Moscow Times.