- June 24, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
In the 75 years that the United States and Russia have dominated global power politics, their underlying goal has remained remarkably constant: maintaining enough stability and predictability to prevent their differences from sparking a nuclear war.
It was the mutual renewal of that concept that, if maintained, will be the most significant long-term result of the recent summit meeting between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin, especially after the unpredictable tenure of Donald Trump.
“Today, we reaffirm the principle that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” the two leaders declared, vowing to join in “an integrated bilateral Strategic Stability dialogue” that will lay the basis for “future arms control and risk reduction measures.”
In their lengthy post-summit news conferences, both Putin and Biden stressed the degree to which they approach the relationship in a pragmatic, businesslike,…
