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Such joint conferences were part of a historic breakthrough, resulting from a thaw in US-Soviet relations.
The Paranoid Style in Russian PoliticsAn old saying in politics in Moscow is that relations between the United States and Russia are always better when a Republican rules in the White House.
The problem with this saying is the paranoid mindset behind it, for it implies that the nature of Russian-US relations has not changed fundamentally since the Cold War’s end; that the animosities that exist between the two countries are those of two permanently implacable geopolitical opponents.
As a result of this mindset, key elements in the Russian elite have tried mightily – and with some success, especially in recent years – to bring about a deterioration in Russian-US relations.
Indeed, the Great War’s consequences for international relations and the global system of states continue to be felt.
Almost nothing became too dear in this quest: technology transfers, upgraded relations, association agreements, and even, reportedly, the prospect of joining the EU.
Bush the Negligent NeighborAfter ignoring Latin America for years, President George W. Bush is desperately trying to improve hemispheric relations.
Reducing US agricultural protectionism significantly would be an equally positive measure in drawing the poison out of diplomatic relations.
Certain leaders’ short-term interests, often presented as “national interests,” are one of the factors roiling international relations more than any time since the end of the Cold War.
In international relations, realism is a theory that regards states as the central actors and units of analysis, relegating international institutions and law to an ancillary status.
Regarding China, US diplomacy openly uses the term “competition,” despite the friendly relations that Trump claims to maintain with Xi Jinping.
Unfortunately, the US is opting for the latter course in many areas, such as commercial relations.
Then, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain severed diplomatic relations with Qatar, causing Hamas to lose its Qatari and Iranian financial and political support.
Without such trust, peaceful international relations in today’s globalized world are inconceivable.
Yet we succeeded in ameliorating it – not just normalizing relations but ending the Cold War confrontation itself.
For example, President George H.W. Bush’s administration declined North Korea’s offer to establish diplomatic relations in 1991-92, when the fall of the Soviet Union heightened Kim Il-sung’s sense of insecurity.
Likewise, North Korea’s major complaint regarding the October 1994 Geneva Agreed Framework was that the US did not keep its promise to improve political relations with North Korea.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé issued a similar statement a few days later, which came as something of a surprise, given France’s notorious reluctance to break relations with African incumbents, including autocrats.
Kissinger focuses on inter-state relations – on how, from one country’s perspective, to avoid war with other countries while deterring them from aggression or other actions likely to upset a regional or global balance of power.
His cabinet, in terms of its members’ positions on economic reform and international relations, is one that few observers believed he would be capable of assembling.
Even the Sheriff Upholds the LawFor some time now America has appeared to be intent on discarding the basic ordering instrument of relations between states - international treaties and the institutions that watch over them.
Since the end of World War II, US-China relations have gone through three phases that lasted roughly two decades each.
Yet in the first post-Cold War decade, President Bill Clinton’s administration hedged its bets by simultaneously strengthening the US-Japan alliance and improving relations with India.
Only a few months later, the rapid escalation and regionalization of both crises, together with developments elsewhere, led many observers to proclaim that 2014 marked the beginning of a less peaceful and more chaotic era in international relations.
Fundamental principles of pan-European security are part of the wreckage, and so may be the progress in relations between Russia and the West made since the Cold War’s end.
Of course, not all breakdowns in order can be attributed to domestic politics, economic considerations, or shifting great power relations.
The Hothouse of US-China RelationsAs Hu Jintao, China’s Communist Party Secretary General and President, prepares to visit the US on April 20, myriad unresolved issues are disturbing Sino-US relations.
China’s role in restraining North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and its tense relations with Japan are an additional burden on ties.
This week, a meeting of the EU’s General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) will discuss once more relations between the EU and Cuba.
In May, an apparently genuine internal Foreign Ministry document made it clear that the Kremlin now prioritizes relations with America and Europe.
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