Twenty-one years ago I met a young man and his mother during my first trip to the Soviet Union. They had traveled a long distance to attend a seminar where I was a presenter. At the end of the first day he presented me with a bouquet of red carnations and said, “You are the [...]
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The US-Russia Reset: What’s Working and Challenges that Remain
Posted in US-Russia Relations, tagged Foundation for Russian American Economic Cooperation, START Treaty, Steven Pifer, US-Russia Relations on November 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last week FRAEC hosted Ambassador Steven Pifer, Brookings Institution, in Seattle as our annual meeting speaker. His topic was “Twenty-one Months of Reset: Where it’s Working; the Challenges that Remain.” When we invited him we really didn’t think that the START Treaty would be at risk, but as people know who have been watching the debate [...]