New at Reason: Cathy Young on Obama and Russia

July 16, 2009

While the mainstream media have hailed the advances in U.S.-Russian relations supposedly achieved on Barack Obama's trip to Moscow, some conservative commentary has depicted Obama as a pushover if not a dupe for the Kremlin. But as Contributing Editor Cathy Young writes, the cheerleading and the alarmism are both unwarranted. The visit was no great success, but Obama probably did as well as any president could have—and some aspects of his Russia strategy can only be judged by their long-term results.

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