Columbia International Affairs Online: Working Papers

CIAO DATE: 07/2014

Indispensable Institutions: The Obama-Medvedev Commission and Five Decades of U.S.-Russia Dialogue

Matthew Rojansky

November 2010

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Abstract

Although the U.S.-Russia Bilateral Presidential Commission, which aims to enhance cooperation between the two countries on a broad range of shared interests, appears promising so far, the two sides must work together closely to ensure it continues to produce results.