Commentary
Debate is heating up on how Turkey could be integrated into a common European defense framework. Commercial and industrial deals offer a better chance at alignment than sweeping political efforts.
Marc Pierini
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In The Media
Rethinking Russia, May, 29, 2009
Despite President Obama’s upcoming participation in the Russia-U.S. summit in St. Petersburg, much of the American foreign policy community remains at odds over U.S. policy towards Moscow.
Published on May 29, 2009
Source: HDNet's Dan Rather Reports
Dmitri Trenin offered his take on the new ‘reset’ policy of the American government: “I think that the reset that people are talking about was not the reset of U.S. policy toward Russia. It was the reset of U.S. foreign policy, full stop. That’s what changed.”
About the Authors
Dmitri Trenin
Former Director, Carnegie Moscow Center
Trenin was director of the Carnegie Moscow Center from 2008 to early 2022.
Dan Rather
Stephen Cohen
Ariel Cohen
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.
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