A New US President Offers Chances to Reduce NATO-Russia Tensions

Author(s): Dominika Kunertova
Series: CSS Blog
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zürich
Publication Year: 2021

Russian foreign policy needs to be understood and adequately addressed for diplomacy to have a chance for a comeback in NATO-Russia relations. The election of Joe Biden as US president could serve to reverse the worrisome tendencies in US foreign policy under Trump and restore pragmatic dialog and direct military contacts with Moscow, argues Dominika Kunertova in this CSS Blog. Calls from expert communities for rebuilding the arms control architecture to reduce the risk of unintended incidents and escalation are growing louder.

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