On February 24, George W. Bush will travel to Slovakia for a summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin. Although President Bush forged a strong personal relationship with Putin during his first term, many critics now charge that Washington faces an increasingly erratic and unstable counterpart in the Kremlin that is...

Russian president Vladimir Putin travels to the United States later this month to meet with President George W. Bush at Camp David. While this summit is likely to consist more of pageantry than of politics, it comes at a critical time in U.S.-Russian relations, with the White House pressuring Moscow...

On December 7, 2003, Russians go to the ballot box to elect representatives to the Duma, the lower house of their national parliament. Although such elections have become an established part of Russian political life, they take place this year in a climate of growing fear about President Vladimir Putin’s...

Within hours of the September 11 attacks, President Vladimir Putin allied Russia decisively with the United States in the war against terrorism. Twenty months later, the promise of that strategic partnership has been badly shaken by Moscow’s vociferous opposition to the war in Iraq, allegations of military and...

After years of undeniable—if uneven—progress in Russia, a rising chorus of critics is warning that President Vladimir Putin has taken the country in a dangerous and destabilizing new direction. From the pursuit of a heavy-handed foreign policy to the recentralization of power in the Kremlin and the assault on the...

Where does Russia fit in the emerging rift between the United States and Europe? The fault lines between the United States and the European Union extend beyond Iraq and the war on terrorism. These former cold war allies are divided on key domestic and international matters, including political, economic, and...

After years of undeniable if uneven progress in Russia, a rising chorus of critics is warning that President Vladimir Putin has taken the country in a dangerous and destabilizing new direction. From the pursuit of a heavy-handed foreign policy to the recentralization of power in the Kremlin and the assault...

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Off to a New Start?George W. Bush Goes to Europe: A New Atlantic Initiative Briefing11:00 a.m.–noon

Officials in Washington and European capitals...