Bringing together scholars from the U.S. and Russia, the volume explores the means for enhancing bilateral cooperation between the two countries, identifying potential opportunities and strategies for solving global problems and regional conflicts.

Preface The New Chapter: Opportunities and Challenges by Sharyl Cross and Marina A. Oborotova Bilateral Arms Reductions and the Search for Stability: A Negotiator's Perspective by Igor Neverov U.S.-Russian Cooperation for Nonproliferation by William C. Potter Challenges of Military-Civilian Conversion: U.S. and Russian Experiences by Konstantin E. Sorokin and Constantine P. Danopoulos American-Russian Economic Relations in the Post-Cold War Era by Deborah Anne Palmieri The New Agenda for U.S.-Russian Relations: Economic Partnership by Andrei Kolosovsky and Vadim Udalov New Prospects for Mutually Beneficial Cooperation in Geology and Mining by Nikolay F. Chelishchev New Directions in U.S. Environmental Relations with Russia by Barbara Jancar-Webster New Russia and the United States: Prospects for Cooperation in Human Rights by Igor A. Zevelev Balkan Triangle: Washington, Moscow, Belgrade by Robin Alison Remington Prospects for U.S.-Russian Cooperation in the Middle East by Fred Wehling Dynamics of National Independence in Central Asia: Implications for Russo-American Cooperation by Gregory Gleason Selected Bibliography Index

This edited collection examines the future of United States-Russian relations--prospects for improving diplomatic, military, economic, environmental, and technological cooperation between the U.S. and the post-Soviet state.