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Stephen Cohen is professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at New York University and the author of several books on Russia and the Former Soviet Union. He was recently awarded the highest state honor given to foreigners, the Order of Friendship, “for his large contribution to strengthening Russian-American cooperation,” by the Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. “In effect, we are in a new Cold War today and we need anti-Cold War presidents… The two sides view each other as enemies. What we have to hope for is that the leadership on both sides has the wisdom, the vision and the power to change that, because in foreign policy, more than in domestic policy, leaders matters most. If they don’t, we are in deep trouble.”
Blair Ruble is the Director of the Kennan Institute, covering Russia and the surrounding states, at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International scholars. He is also the Chair of the Comparative Urban Studies Project. “Ideology is a lens through which we all act; I don’t think there is any doubt about that. We can say that ideology might not matter, but certainly in terms of Russia and the United States we face very critical and practical issues right now. We don’t have the luxury of putting on ideological blinders and having them lead us through.” --
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