Honor-related social contract disconnects and a bilateral U.S.-Russia modus vivendi
Journal: Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University)
Year: 2023

Is strategic stability between the United States (U.S.) and Russia realistic or are post-Cold War U.S.-Russian relations destined to fail? Is it possible for U.S.-Russian negotiations to result in a mutually acceptable long-term modus vivendi? These questions have been explored by every U.S. President since the end of the Cold War with every U.S. President ultimately resigning to competition with Russia, with the possibility of confrontation, as an inevitable end. This research adds to the schol