The U.S.-Russia Relationship Over the Long-Term

      Evaluate the Utility and Orchestration of Instruments of Power to Manage the U.S.-Russia Relationship Over the Long-Term “How do strategists orchestrate instruments of power to strategic/operational effect?” The United States wants to maintain its close relationships with European partners and sustain the NATO alliance, but also stabilize the U.S.-Russian relationship in a way that protects U.S. and allied security and prosperity and is in accordance with U.S. values. Are there possibilities for U.S.-Russian cooperation? Where will we continue to compete and how shall we frame that competition vis-à-vis the use of specific instruments? Required Reading. You are provided an assessment that provides the backdrop for your evaluation of appropriate instruments of power to employ in support of U.S. goals. Mariya Omelicheva’s analysis provides an overview of the historical context, internal and external factors and actors that inform Russian