Perceptions and Misperceptions: Exploring the U.S.-Russian Strategic Impasse

In late November 2007, experts from the United States and the Russian Federation met in Washington, DC to discuss current bilateral relations and perceived opportunities and obstacles for addressing downward trends in this relationship. Sponsored by the Advanced Systems and Concepts Office (ASCO) of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Committee on International Security and Arms Control (CISAC) of the National Academies, the Foundation for Military Reform in Moscow, and the Institute for USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, these discussions included former and current officials from the military, technical, and policy communities of both countries.[1]