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IV.
Strategic Dialogue (Assumptions)=
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1.The need for a strategic dialogue is greatest when
conflicts on specific key
issues require an effort to understand and discuss the underlying <=
/span>impulses and concerns driving each side’s
position.
2.A strategic dialogue focused on the larger or more
fundamental issues at
stake in the relationship creates the basis for a more comprehensive and coherent U.S. policy toward Russia.
3.A strategic dialogue can only succeed if:
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ØIt is led on each side by a figure with direct acc=
ess
to and the full confidence of the national leader(s) in both countries.
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ØIt is small, flexible, guided by a clear set of
principles, and freed from bureaucratic encumbrance.
4.And, most important, a strategic dialogue, like the
larger U.S. Russia policy
of which it is part, must be calibrated with the efforts of =
European allies.
IV.
Strategic Dialogue (Priority Topics)
§Content
vPriority Topics:=
3;
1.European Security
An open-ended discussion of a potential architectu=
re
that:
•Promotes
the mutual security of NATO members, Russia, and the states in between as
understood by each
•Probes
and develops jointly the content of Dmitri Medvedev’s call for a new
“European Security Treaty”
•Develops
a framework within which NATO and security institutions in the post-Soviet
space can be embedded in ways producing cooperative approaches to European and global
security challenges.
2.Mutual Security in and around the Eurasian land
mass
A frank and practical discussion of how each side =
sees
its own and the other side’s legitimate concerns, interests, and role in the post-Soviet s=
pace
that :
•Addresses
comprehensively the sources of friction in all of its dimensions (NATOR=
17;s
activities, the “frozen
conflicts,” the use of Russian leverage with neighbors, the activiti=
es
of Western NGOs, and
competition over oil and gas).
•Seeks
ways of reducing competition and enhancing cooperation in dealing with
regional conflicts and
potential sources of instability within the post-Soviet space.
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•Plots
practical steps by which the effects of the Georgian war can be mitigated =
and
the path opened to a stable,
constructive Russian-Georgian
relationship.
•Airs
each side’s expectations concerning=
the uncertainties surrounding Ukraine and Belarus’ future.
•Looks
for new ways to improve cooperation in dealing with the wide range of secu=
rity
threats in and around Central =
Asia
and the Caucasus.
1.
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style=3D'font-family:Garamond;font-size:57%'>3.Nuclear
security
<=
span
style=3D'font-family:Garamond;font-size:58%'>1.Non-proliferation:
Iran, North Korea, 2010 NPT Review Conference
<=
span
style=3D'font-family:Garamond;font-size:58%'>2.“Nuclear
renaissance” and implications for the NPT regime
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Proliferation-proof civil nuclear technologies
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;
Internationalizing the fuel cycle
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Bilateral civil nuclear cooperation (123
agreement)
START III or SORT II
The =
role
of offensive versus defensive capabilities in nuclear postures
1. Revive 2002 dialogue over an “energy
partnership” focused on:
2. In cooperation with the EU explore with Russia:=
3;
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span
style=3D'font-family:Garamond;font-size:58%'>3.Nuclear
disarmament: Getting to zero (whether and, if desirable, how to do it)
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;
<=
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style=3D'font-family:Garamond;font-size:58%'>4.Strategic
arms control
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<=
span
style=3D'font-family:Garamond;font-size:58%'>5.Managing
a multipolar nuclear world
De-nuclearizing national defense policy (nuclear
weapons only as deterrent against use of nuclear weapons)
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span
style=3D'font-family:Garamond;font-size:57%'>4.Energy
security
Potential
development North Atlantic oil and LNG route
Cooperative
strategy for developing oil and gas pipeline out of the post-Soviet
states
Designing
joint measures to ensure the security of Central Asian and Caspian energy
transport
Ways
to reduce sense of vulnerability to energy dependency on Russia
Explore
the implications of Russian and Central Asian energy trade with Asia versus
Europe
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IV
Strategic Dialogue (Priority topics 2)
IV.
Strategic Dialogue (<=
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§Content
vOther Important
Topics:
1.Climate change, perhaps as a trilateral dialogue a=
mong
the United States, Russia, and
China
2.Refashioning the institutions of global
governance
A
new financial architecture shaped not only by the OECD countries, but by
BRIC
The
relationship among regional security organizations
UN
reform
3.A dialogue over values, including a constructive
discussion of democracy and human
rights, focused initially on areas where each country faces challenges (e. g., dealing with illegal immigration, the tension betw=
een
national security when dealing
with terrorism and civil rights, etc.)
4.Trade and investment issues in new and far more
ramified forms
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