Biden’s Approach towards Russia: A “Reset Light”?

Trapara, Vladimir (2021) Biden’s Approach towards Russia: A “Reset Light”? Politika nacionalne bezbednosti, 21 (2). pp. 115-137. ISSN 2334-959X

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Abstract

The topic of this paper is foreign policy course towards Russia employed by the incumbent United States president, Joseph Biden, during his first year in office. Motivated by the recent Biden-Putin bilateral summit and Biden’s remark on the U.S. and Russia as “two great powers”, the author presents a research question whether this event could be observed as the beginning of a “reset light” approach in Washington’s Russia policy. Unlike the previous “reset” of U.S.- Russian relations this time the goal would not be rapprochement, but structured confrontation between the two countries (such as the one which prevented escalation during the Cold War), with cooperation in areas where it is possible. Having considered Obama/Trump legacy, put Biden’s rhetoric and actions in current international and domestic context, and analyzed different issues over which Russia and the U.S. are in conflict/can cooperate, the author concludes that Biden’s approach can be considered a “reset light”, but that its success in the longer run is uncertain.

Item Type: Journal Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Joseph Biden, the United States, Russia, Vladimir Putin, foreign policy, “reset”
Depositing User: Ana Vukićević
Date Deposited: 23 Feb 2022 10:56
Last Modified: 11 Oct 2023 10:07
URI: http://repozitorijum.diplomacy.bg.ac.rs/id/eprint/837

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