title: Why Moscow Says No: A Question of Russian Interests, Not Psychology
abstract: Russia's international behavior during the last decade has puzzled many U.S. observers. As seen from Washington, the greatest challenges of the moment?terrorism, nuclear proliferation, climate change?are global ones that threaten all states. The United States has been trying to organize multilateral responses. Yet the Kremlin has proved singularly unhelpful. For years, Russian negotiators have stalled efforts to compel Iran and North Korea to give up their nuclear weapons programs. Meanwhile, Mo
journal: Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University)