The Washington Times and the Kommersant newspaper in Moscow following the initiative taken by Valdai Discussion Club have launched a joint project known as US-Russia Crosstalk to foster constructive dialog on issues where the two countries can share common ground in an era of global tension.
The
Washington Times
and the
Kommersant
newspaper in Moscow following the initiative taken by Valdai Discussion Club have launched a joint project known as
US-Russia Crosstalk
to foster constructive dialog on issues where the two countries can share common ground in an era of global tension. Each month, one American and one Russian figure will debate a single issue and their pieces will be jointly published in both newspapers.
“If full cooperation is unrealistic, mutual consideration of the risks and their minimization is not just possible, but urgently needed,” – says Fyodor Lukyanov, scientific director of the Valdai Discussion Club. Skills of the Cold War era, when Moscow and Washington knew exactly where the line must not be crossed, at least should be restored.
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Some things should rise above even the calculations of diplomacy, not just in Washington but on the world stage too. And the 70th celebration of the end of World War II — perhaps the last major anniversary to be celebrated honoring the "Greatest Generation" while it is still on this earth decades it fought in the epic conflict — is one of them.
Russia and the U.S. 70 years after Allied victory in WWII. By Konstantin Kosachev
On July 28, 1943, in one of his famous fireside chats, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt told his fellow citizens: "The world has never seen greater devotion, determination and self-sacrifice than have been displayed by the Russian people and their armies this country of ours should always be glad to be a good neighbor and a sincere friend in the world of the future."
Can threat of terrorism mend Russia-U.S. rift? By Vitaly Naumkin
The situation in the Middle East is unstable and unpredictable. And one of the dominant trends is the ongoing offensive by radical Islamic and terrorist groups, which are a danger to both Russia and the United States.
Terror question: When Russian-U.S. interests align. By L. Todd Wood
Relations between Moscow and Washington are obviously at an all time low due to events in Ukraine and the West responding with sanctions on the Russian Federation.
