Russia Still Matters: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama Administration

Authors

John W. Parker, Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University
Michael Kofman, Center for Strategic Research, Institute for National Strategic Studies, National Defense University

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Description

Russia’s institution of a ban on American adoptions of Russian orphans, an appalling response by the Duma to U.S. sanctions against officials involved in the Sergei Magnitsky case,1 was a clear indicator that bilateral relations will assume a lower priority in the next 4 years for both capitals. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the measure despite open misgivings by some of his own key aides and against the opposition of most of Russia’s civil society. The Russian Internet response was scathing, producing an instant winner for best sick joke of 2012: “An educated American family has decided to adopt a developmentally disabled Duma deputy.”

Document Type

Policy Brief

Publication Date

3-2013

Publication

Strategic Forum

Publisher

National Defense University Press

City

Washington, DC

Recommended Citation

Parker, John W. and Kofman, Michael, "Russia Still Matters: Strategic Challenges and Opportunities for the Obama Administration" (2013). Strategic Forums. 80.
https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/strategic-forums/80