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2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference Panel: Realizing Fuel Assurances: Third Time’s the Charm? Chair: Laura Holgate, Nuclear Threat Initiative; Caroline Jorant, AREVA; Tariq Rauf; International Atomic Energy Agency; Ambassador Pedro Raul Villagra Delgado, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Argentina.
2007 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference Panel PART 2: The U.S. and the Future of Reprocessing. Chair: José Goldemberg, University of São Paulo; Tatsujiro Suzuki, University of Tokyo; Frank von Hippel, Princeton University; William Walker, University of St Andrews.
With new found self-confidence, Russia’s recent foreign policy has taken on a combative tone, exemplified by Russian President Vladmir Putin’s speech in Munich—and U.S.-Russian relations have plummeted to their lowest level since the end of the Soviet-era.
Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, spoke on cultural, scientific and educational Exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union/Russia.
Analyzing Russia’s foreign policy is a difficult task because of the mixed signals coming from Moscow. In order to disentangle the rhetoric, one needs to start with the issue of the humiliation that Russia ostensibly suffered during the 1990s, which is real in the minds of leaders or at least being used more often as a tool.
Those who favor a diplomatic solution to the present crisis over Iran's nuclear ambitions should nevertheless realize that to ignore Iran’s defiance of UN Security Council resolutions is to tacitly support it, and doing so weakens the credibility of the non-proliferation regime and, in the end, increases the risk of nuclear proliferation, tensions, and violence in the region and beyond.
Recent high-level meetings between Putin and Central Asian leaders and the conclusion of several deals that seem to give Russia more power over the latter’s oil and gas have catapulted Russian-Central Asian relations back into the spotlight, and cast them as amicable.
Reading William Langewiesche's new book is like going to a concert and discovering that your favorite rock star is having an off night. The sublime talent rings through in a few electric riffs. The voice registers the deep truth of heavy experience in two or three places. But the show doesn't hold together from start to finish.
Recent events show that the EU-Russia-U.S. strategic triangle has drastically changed. Both the Samara Summit and the G-8 were overshadowed by disagreements between the West and a newly-invigorated and suspicious Russia. The relationship is devoid of trust, and will most likely remain that way through 2008.
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