Russia Brief: When Things Fall Apart: Can U.S./Russia Relations be Rebuilt?

Russia and the United States now regard each other not only as competitors but as enemies. Vladimir Putin decries America’s “satanism.” Joe Biden agrees that Putin is a “killer.” Russia considers its war against Ukraine an “existential conflict” with the West. The last remaining arms control agreement between the two countries hangs by a thread.

Is the US-Russia relationship irreparably severed? What does this mean for international security?

In our next “Russia Brief” host Jill Dougherty talks with former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Beyrle.

Ambassador John Beyrle served as an American diplomat for more than three decades in foreign postings and domestic assignments focused on Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and Russia. He was twice appointed ambassador: to Bulgaria (2005-08) and to Russia (2008-12). During the latter assignment he led the implementation of policies resulting in improved U.S.-Russian relations, highlighted by the signing of the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty, Moscow’s agreement to facilitate the transit of military hardware through Russia to supply U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization, and liberalized visa formalities between the two countries.

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The Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies (CERES) would like to thank the Carnegie Corporation of New York for generous support of our programming.

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