Saturday, February 7, 2009

The Unclenching Fist?



Russia appears to be testing President Obama on his rhetoric. First on accommodating NATO supplies reaching Afghanistan via Russia (and Presidents Medvedev and Karimov of Uzbekistan met and apparently coordinated their stance on this "northern route") and now a report that Russia will not deploy Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad as a counter to the missile defense plans for Poland and the Czech Republic.

What response might they be looking for from Washington? More importantly, how does this play out in the triangular U.S.-Russia-Europe relationship?

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