[PDF] Recalibrating Us Strategy Toward Russia eBook

Author : Kathleen H. Hicks
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 23,59 MB
Release : 2017-04-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1442280069

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These are turbulent times for American foreign policy. Nowhere are the challenges facing the United States more evident than in U.S. policy toward Russia. Drawing on scholars across several disciplines and perspectives, CSIS conducted a year-long study that sought to achieve two goals. First, to provide policymakers with a clearer understanding of Russia’s strategic motivations and objectives, along with the tools it uses to advance its goals. Second, to lay out a comprehensive strategy to secure U.S. and transatlantic interests in the face of the complex Russia challenge set.

Author : Samuel Charap
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,49 MB
Release : 2024-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781977412836

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Although there is no end in sight to the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. policymakers should begin considering postwar Russia strategy now. The authors review U.S. strategic options and trade-offs that different choices pose for long-term U.S. interests.

Author : James Jay Carafano
Publisher :
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 26,89 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Russia (Federation)
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Within the overarching need for a U.S. comprehensive strategy, Russia poses four distinct, but related problems for U.S. policy: First, Putin's Russia is a regime that combines a lack of respect for political, civil, and economic rights with a dysfunctional economy. Second and most dangerous for the United States, Russia poses a series of worldwide strategic and diplomatic challenges, including buildup of its nuclear arsenal and military. Third, Russia poses threats to discrete U.S. friends, allies, and interests around the world. Fourth, Russia's cooperation with bad actors and its increasing tendency to play a spoiler role pose another set of threats. This report addresses all four problems in turn after setting out the comprehensive strategy on which the U.S. should base its response.

Author : Miranda Priebe
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,93 MB
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9781977410016

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Using four historical case studies, the authors found that limited less-hardline approaches can lead to durable but narrow gains. However, issues left unaddressed by these approaches may still undermine the relationship over the long term.

Author : James M. Goldgeier
Publisher : Brookings Inst Press
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 45,80 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815731740

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Russia, once seen as America's greatest adversary, is now viewed by the United States as a potential partner. This book traces the evolution of American foreign policy toward the Soviet Union, and later Russia, during the tumultuous and uncertain period following the end of the cold war. It examines how American policymakers--particularly in the executive branch--coped with the opportunities and challenges presented by the new Russia. Drawing on extensive interviews with senior U.S. and Russian officials, the authors explain George H. W. Bush's response to the dramatic coup of August 1991 and the Soviet breakup several months later, examine Bill Clinton's efforts to assist Russia's transformation and integration, and analyze George W. Bush's policy toward Russia as September 11 and the war in Iraq transformed international politics. Throughout, the book focuses on the benefits and perils of America's efforts to promote democracy and markets in Russia as well as reorient Russia from security threat to security ally. Understanding how three U.S. administrations dealt with these critical policy questions is vital in assessing not only America's Russia policy, but also efforts that might help to transform and integrate other former adversaries in the future.

Author : Eugene Rumer
Publisher :
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 32,72 MB
Release : 2017
Category : Russia (Federation)
ISBN :

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Developing an effective U.S. strategy toward Russia and its neighbors is an increasingly complex and difficult challenge. The breakdown in U.S.-Russian relations is a product of long-standing disagreements about the fundamentals of U.S. and Russian national security interests and policies. It cannot be repaired quickly or easily, or without a major course correction by either or both sides. Closer ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin cannot—or should not—be an end in themselves. Nor should we fool ourselves that they will be sufficient to overcome these disagreements. The U.S.-Russian relationship will remain largely competitive and adversarial. The challenge for Washington will be managing unavoidable tensions with Moscow while advancing American interests and staying true to U.S. principles. The new administration should avoid fueling unrealistic expectations of a breakthrough and instead seek incremental progress on specific topics based on a set of guiding principles. Setting and observing priorities will be key to managing this relationship, as will be separating the critical from the desirable and being realistic about what can be accomplished.

Author : Patrick M. Cronin
Publisher :
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 21,44 MB
Release : 2010
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781935087328

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The United States needs a sustainable and strategic approach to foreign and defense policy that recognizes the deepening mismatch between ends and means. Driven by a realist impulse to be the global enforcer and a moral imperative to act as global savior, the United States remains disproportionately invested in managing international security relative to its limited resources. While the United States stands to remain the world's preeminent power for some time, the era of boundless commitment and profligacy has passed. To ignore this reality could precipitate decline rather than perpetuate preponderance. While the United States is right to focus on building the capacity of partners, rising power centers are unlikely to contribute much more to a liberal world order based on our democratic and free-market principles. In the absence of others to shoulder greater responsibilities, and faced with a shifting and complex global environment, America is likely to encounter heavier security burdens, not lighter ones. Yet those security investments may well yield diminishing returns. This paper calls for a recalibration of American strategy. It first reflects on the significant, if largely self-imposed, pressures that push the United States toward wider and deeper commitments. It then examines international trends that are gradually giving rise to new centers of power, especially across Asia. While the United States jeopardizes its long-term economic health to extend its role in stabilizing current hot spots, emerging Asian powers are focused on their own national economic strategies, technological prowess and human capacity. Finally, this paper considers the implications of America's diminishing resources and increasing commitments, and considers fundamental ways in which America can adapt to retain global influence.