Russia in Global Affairs

Missile defense isn’t going anywhere. It is a fundamental issue of global strategic stability, which to this day is rooted in the logic of mutual assured destruction.

The transformation of strategic relations between Russia and America along the lines of arms control is impossible in principle. The most realistic way to transform U.S.-Russian relations is to build a security community in the Euro-Atlantic area, within which relations between North American and European states, including Russia, would be demilitarized.

This week’s meeting of the NATO-Russia Council draws a line under an interesting and revealing discussion on joint missile defense.