While the Washington and Moscow relationship is, “more tense, more difficult, more hostile” than it has ever been, an American think tank working with Russian counterparts believe it is possible to rebuild trust between the two by re-opening talks on issues large and small. One key sticking point and possible flashpoint is how the two nations view the deployment of medium-range land-based cruise missiles inside Russia and the positioning of Aegis Ashore ballistic missile defense system in Eastern European NATO countries. Speaking Thursday at the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Strategic and International Studies, Sergey Rogov, scientific director of the Institute … Continue reading Panel: Conversations on Missiles and Nuclear Weapons Key to Rebuilding U.S.-Russian Relationship