Russia is Becoming Our Enemy Again
Topics: World
Public Release Date: October 30, 2007
Upon meeting Vladimir Putin in 2001, President George W. Bush announced that he had looked the Russian leader in the eye and found him to be “straightforward and trustworthy.” Since then, we have witnessed the rise of an authoritarian state, bolstered military capabilities, and growing antagonism toward the West. Could this be the start of a new Cold War, or do strategic differences mean a cold peace, and nothing more?
ARGUING YES:
Claudia Rosett: Staff Journalist-in-Residence at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Bret Stephens: Opinion Columnist at The New York Times
J. Michael Waller: Walter and Leonore Annenberg Chair in International Communication at the Institute for World Politics
ARGUING NO:
Nina Khrushcheva: Senior Fellow of the World Policy Institute, Professor of International Affairs at The New School
Robert Legvold: Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Political Science at Columbia University
Mark Medish: Vice President for Studies of Russia, China and Eurasia at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
MODERATOR-IN-CHIEF:
John Donvan: Emmy award-winning journalist