A First Glance at the New Administration’s Policy toward Russia
First published in Foreign Policy in Focus, December 2000, pp. 1-2. Copyright © Robert M. Cutler.
It is difficult to say what any new administration's policy will be by the end of the president's term of office. However, there are some clear indications of the broad outlines of U.S. policy toward Russia under the Bush administration as it prepares to take office. This policy will not seek to present a cooperative image of the relationship, as has been so under the outgoing administration. Instead it will have a more overtly "realist" or "realpolitik" approach and will concentrate in the first instance upon European security and controlling arms proliferation.
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