Međunarodne studije, Vol. II No. 1-2, 2002.
Izvorni znanstveni članak
New Relations Between Russia and the United States
Radovan Vukadinović
; Fakultet političkih znanosti, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Sažetak
Changes brought about by the terrorist attack on the USA as well as all the other changes in international relations opened possibilities fora new development of American-Russian relations. Common threat from terrorism was the basic link which joined together President Bush and President Putin much sooner than it could have been anticipated. Putin considered the joint fight against terrorism very important. But, he was also very keen to obtain the American support for the Russian entry into WTO as well as to secure the American investments in Russia. Putin is very aware of the fact that Russia cannot achieve any significant progress without an input of huge foreign investments. Even though open issues in relations between the two countries (such as American withdrawal from ABM, their different approach concerning the countries labelled as "axis of evil", NATO enlargement) will continue to affect their bilateral relations, for the moment they have been pushed into the background. As much as the resistance of political forces in both countries against further consolidation of Russian-American relations has been quite strong, the parameters of current relations though show that each country out of its own reasons has found interest in improvement of their mutual relations. The USA and Russia are still two leading nuclear powers, NATO-Russia Joint Council will bring Russia closer to NATO and will in addition contribute to improving European relations in their entirety, enlargement of NATO will no longer represent to Russia such a sensitive issue, entry of the USA into Centra! Asia could stabilize relations in that significant region, there is a possibility for oil from Russia to be imported in larger quantities over to America and Russian military forces could bear even more significance in peace operations.
Ključne riječi
new bilateral relations between Russia and the US; terrorism; anti-terrorist coalition; NATO expansion; military forces
Hrčak ID:
286448
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Datum izdavanja:
31.5.2002.
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