Special Relationship Commentary

Good Deal

Jacob Heilbrunn | Mar 31, 2010
The arms treaty with Russia strengthens America’s security by allowing us to cut back on useless warheads.

BRIC Wall

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Mar 10, 2010
Russia and China aren’t the only countries against sanctioning Iran—Brazil and India are too.

Moscow's Freebie

Paul J. Saunders | Sep 17, 2009
Scrapping missile defense is far more than a gesture. We had better get something in return from Russia.

Diplomacy from Defense

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Mar 04, 2009
Robert Gates advocated tying America’s missile-defense plans with Iran’s nuclear progress over a year ago. With his letter to Russia, it looks like President Obama has finally taken Gates’advice.

Britain's Splendid Isolation

Jacob Heilbrunn | Feb 24, 2009
Obama removed a bust of Churchill from the Oval Office and is not an Anglophile. Is the special relationship becoming common?

Can You Handle the Truth?

The Editors | Jul 09, 2008
Missile defense is on the agenda again, this time at the G8. The United States has just signed a deal with the Czechs, to Russian protests. At The Nixon Center, Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin explained Moscow’s concerns.

What's Happening with Missile Defense?

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Oct 23, 2007
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today that the U.S. might delay the activation of the proposed missile defense system in Eastern Europe until a genuine threat emerges from Iran. Why the change in policy?

The Kouchner Gambit

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Sep 21, 2007
What to make of French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner’s recent statements on Iran and missile defense?

Report and Retort: The Special Relationship is Not Flat

Barak M. Seener | Aug 08, 2007
In "Designated Driver Diplomacy", John C. Hulsman applies an ill-advised one-dimensional world-view to U.S.-British relations, writes Barak M. Seener.

The Gabala Gambit

Nikolas K. Gvosdev | Jun 07, 2007
Trading missile defense based in Poland and the Czech Republic for greater Russian cooperation on the Nunn-Lugar program.

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