''Reset with Russia: Not as Easy as It Sounds''

"The reset has been under fire in both Russia and the United States. On the Hill, many Republicans are eager to target a policy that has been a central tenet of Obama’s foreign policy and express their lingering mistrust and even outright hostility toward Russia. Russian critics have also pounded the reset, which is closely identified with President Dmitri Medvedev. Among Vladimir Putin’s circle, mistrust of the United States runs deep—with Putin himself disapproving of his protégé’s policy. The main criticism is that Russia has given up too much and received too little in return, which ironically mirrors a common refrain in Washington: that Russia has given too little and the U.S. too much. In other words, many on both sides continue to view each other in zero-sum Cold War terms."


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