Other
- +18
James M. Acton, Saskia Brechenmacher, Cecily Brewer, …
{
"authors": [
"Eugene Rumer"
],
"type": "legacyinthemedia",
"centerAffiliationAll": "dc",
"centers": [
"Carnegie Endowment for International Peace"
],
"collections": [],
"englishNewsletterAll": "ctw",
"nonEnglishNewsletterAll": "",
"primaryCenter": "Carnegie Endowment for International Peace",
"programAffiliation": "russia",
"programs": [
"Russia and Eurasia"
],
"projects": [],
"regions": [
"North America",
"United States",
"Russia"
],
"topics": [
"Foreign Policy"
]
}
Source: Getty
In The Media
U.S.-Russia Relations and the Trump Administration
The United States should strike a “middle path” in its policy toward Russia: standing up for core U.S. principles and values but also cooperating with Russia where necessary.
By Eugene Rumer
Published on Feb 24, 2017
Source: C-SPAN’s Washington Journal
The Trump administration faces both challenges and opportunities in its relations with Russia. In a recent joint task force report, Eugene Rumer, Andrew S. Weiss, and Richard Sokolsky argued that the United States must “skillfully manage, rather than permanently resolve, tension with Moscow,” striking a middle path in its policy toward Russia.
Eugene Rumer, director of the Russia and Eurasia Program at the Carnegie Endowment, expanded on the concept of a middle path in an interview with Steve Scully on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal:
“The middle path is the path of standing up for our core principles and core values that have been guiding our foreign policy for a long time, but also cooperating with Russia where necessary and working to diffuse the situation in a number of very tense global hot spots; one of course being in Syria... and the other in Europe, where we see a military confrontation standoff between Russia and NATO in a way we haven’t seen since the end of the Cold War.”
This interview was originally broadcast on C-SPAN’s Washington Journal.
About the Author
Eugene Rumer
Director and Senior Fellow, Russia and Eurasia Program
Rumer, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the U.S. National Intelligence Council, is a senior fellow and the director of Carnegie’s Russia and Eurasia Program.
- Unpacking Trump’s National Security Strategy
- Europe Must Lead to Prevent the Worst in UkraineCommentary
Nate Reynolds, Eugene Rumer
Recent Work
Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.
More Work from Malcolm H. Kerr Carnegie Middle East Center
- What Does the Strait of Hormuz’s Closure Mean?Commentary
In an interview, Roger Diwan discusses where the global economy may be going in the third week of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.
Nur Arafeh
- Tehran’s Easy TargetsCommentary
In an interview, Andrew Leber discusses the impact the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran is having on Arab Gulf states.
Michael Young
- The Gulf Conflict and the South CaucasusCommentary
In an interview, Sergei Melkonian discusses Armenia’s and Azerbaijan’s careful balancing act among the United States, Israel, and Iran.
Armenak Tokmajyan
- Syria Skirts the Conflict With IranCommentary
In an interview, Kheder Khaddour explains that Damascus is trying to stabilize its borders, but avoiding war isn’t guaranteed.
Michael Young
- Israel’s Forever WarsCommentary
The country’s strategy is no longer focused on deterrence and diplomacy, it’s about dominance and degradation.
Nathan J. Brown
