What To Do About Russia

U.S.-Russian relations have fallen to their lowest level since the end of the Cold War. Moscow has interfered in U.S. domestic politics, continued a simmering conflict against Ukraine, and cracked down on domestic protest, all the while asserting that the United States is encroaching on Russia's sphere of influence and even seeking to bring down the Kremlin regime. Can the Biden administration shape and pursue a policy that pushes back against egregious Russian misbehavior while cooperating on areas such as nuclear arms control, where U.S. and Russian interests coincide? 

Steven Pifer is a William Perry Fellow with Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation.  He is a retired Foreign Service officer, whose more than 25 years with the Department of State included assignments as deputy assistant secretary of state, U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, and special assistant to the president and senior director for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia on the National Security Council.