Review: 'The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century'

A review of Angela Stent's book, by Robert Legvold at Foreign Affairs.

Interesting and extremely timely:

Stent’s analysis proceeds chronologically, lingering longest over the issues that most roiled the relationship, such as the Iraq war, the 2008 Georgian-Russian war, missile defense, and, more recently, the civil war in Syria. The heart of the problem, Stent argues, is the asymmetry in the two countries’ economic power and military strength and the distance between their views of international realities. The relationship is also stymied by the inability of both sides to shake the legacy of the Cold War. Notwithstanding the genuinely important reasons Moscow and Washington have to cooperate, Stent contends that the relationship will remain a limited and troubled partnership as long as these obstacles are left in place.

Stent is Professor of Government at Georgetown University and Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies.

And order the book here, The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century.