The View from Moscow: Understanding Russia & U.S.-Russia Relations

Russia is the world's other nuclear superpower – the only country that has the ability to wipe the United States off the map within 30 minutes. With Russia and the U.S. currently having 1,700 nuclear weapons pointed at each other on hair trigger alert, our relationship with Russia is one of the most critical, requiring a rational policy. In order to conduct a rational foreign policy, we must understand the other country's point of view. That doesn't mean one must agree with it, but we must ...