By Angela Stent, professor of Government...
Lavrov’s proposal for a new NATO-Russia relationship. Both are problematic for the United States and its European partners, who prefer that these issues continue to be discussed within the framework of the OSCE and the NATO-Russia Council as it currently operates.The Medvedev-Obama Bilateral Commission: the different constituent groups are beginning their work, some at a faster pace than others. But it will take time to get them fully up and running and to develop a new network of stakeholders in the bilateral relationship.
Who Are the Stakeholders? Amidst a flurry of activity on the arms control and other fronts, and looking to 2012—when both Obama and Medvedev face presidential elections—the question of identifying the major stakeholders in pushing the relationship forward remains. This may become clearer over the course of 2010, as the reset develops more identifiable contours, and building a group of stakeholders is an important prerequisite
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