Tag: RUSSIA
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How Should Biden Deal with Russia?: A Debate
In its forthcoming issue, the National Interest features a cover story with dueling perspectives from John E. Herbst and Dimitri K. Simes about future American relations with Russia. On February 25, 2021, the Center hosted a debate between Herbst and Simes over their competing perspectives on the future of US-Russian relations. Melinda Haring (deputy director
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Russian Protests and American Interests
The Kremlin’s struggle with opposition leader Aleksey Navalny – poisoned last summer, then arrested following his dramatic recovery and return to Russia – is threatening to put the Russian government on a collision course with a reinvigorated protest movement at home and with the United States abroad. What is driving Putin’s actions toward Navalny? How
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Are We Blaming Others for America’s Self-Generated Problems?
It seems that the number of American fingers pointing abroad to explain developments at home is large and growing. For many, Trump’s 2016 presidential victory was the product of Russian thumbs on our electoral scales. Others blame job losses in the US heartland on predatory Chinese mercantilism and unfair labor practices. Even the COVID-19 pandemic
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Are China and Russia Outpacing the United States in Military Technology?
The United States is increasingly facing a technology-driven arms race with China and Russia, in which Beijing and Moscow are each developing new technologies—and tactics—to compete with a still-dominant U.S. military force. This raises a variety of important questions. To what extent are China and Russia succeeding in developing new military technologies? Have China’s or
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Watching the Watchers: The State of America’s Community of Russia Experts
America’s success in dealing with Moscow depends to a great degree on our ability to understand Russia in all its complexities. Yet the striking number of times that Washington has been surprised by Russian behavior over the past few decades suggests that American experts are struggling in this endeavor. What is the state of our
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