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# The Limits of Partnership: U.S.-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century - Updated Edition

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Partnership Ends Where Conflicts of Interest Arise
  

*by L***N on Reviewed in the United States on March 21, 2014*

The Limits of Partnership by Angela Stent describes the history of US-Russian relations from the demise of the USSR in 1991 to the present. It provides a useful sequel, with a bit of overlap, to Jack Matlock’s Autopsy on an Empire which covers US-Soviet relations from 1985 to 1992.I was fortunate to have read The Limits of Partnership just before the Ukrainian situation heated up in late February 2014. Dr Stent describes US-Russian relations as having undergone four "resets", none of which worked for very long:1. 1992: GHW Bush attempts to adjust to the demise of the USSR and to Boris Yeltsin’s leadership of Russia but is voted out of office before making much progress.2. 1993: Clinton tries to team up with Yeltsin. Yeltsin's erratic policy changes and declining health doom this effort.3. 2001: Putin calls GW Bush immediately after 9/11 and offers his support. Putin seeks to make Russia an equal partner with the US, but ends up feeling that his offer was not taken seriously.4. 2009: Obama seeks another reset in the aftermath of Russia's war with Georgia.From a Russian perspective, the most significant aspect of US-Russian relations has been the expansion of NATO. Since the demise of the Soviet Union, NATO's eastern border has moved ever closer to Moscow. Following the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Soviet Union and Russia had the strong impression (promise may be too strong a word) that NATO would not expand eastward.1. Having just escaped from Soviet control, the Poles, Czechs, and other former members of the Warsaw Pact desperately wanted US assurance that they would not be re-occupied by Russia. NATO membership was really the only tangible way of providing that assurance.2. Next came NATO membership for the three Baltic states, all former Soviet Republics. Here again, membership could be justified since the US had always refused to recognize the Soviet occupation of these countries in 1939 under the Ribbentrop-Molotov Non-Aggression Treaty.3. Finally, the US supported the color revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine, and spoke encouragingly of NATO membership for these historically Russian-controlled areas. Russia has pushed back with its war with Georgia and occupation of Crimea.My point in describing NATO’s progressive expansion is to demonstrate that there are profound geopolitical conflicts between the national interests of Russia and the US.  Partnership can go only as far as a congruence of national interests allows. Beyond that point, diplomacy, conflict management, and compromise must come into play.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Phenomenal overview of Relations between the two countries since the Cold War has ended
  

*by J***S on Reviewed in the United States on January 3, 2017*

Phenomenal overview of relations between the two countries since the Cold War has ended. Professor Stent carefully draws the major shifts in the relations between the two countries and spells out what can be done to improve them. One of the major themes that the book spells out is the difference in mentalities of the leaders from the generations that they came from. She describes Bush (both of them) and Clinton as having a Cold War mentality even though the era is over, while Obama and Medvedev were of a new generation. Professor Stent poses the question, although not explicitly, is do the conflicting mentalities of Obama and Putin have anything to do with the struggles of today? Big Questions to ask considering who is coming in to the White House. Good book to reference anytime Russia comes into question in the news.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Good book
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2014*

The book explains the history well with a redundancy to it that may just be the way history is repeating itself. The myriad of names is flooring.  It shows us in no uncertain terms the thread of our own errors and the dogged determination of post-Russia-breakup-politicians to hang on to what was once a great country in their eyes. I am not finished with the book as the Ukraine erupts once more but can pretty much sadly predict what is going to go down unless the Russia of the 21st century emerges.

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