Over the course of the last century, the United States and Russia have often had a contentious and problematic relationship. In particular, the global superpowers have waged a more or less constant struggle over their global spheres of influence since the end of World War II. However, since the dawn of the nuclear age, the two powers have operated under a tacit agreement that disputes over nuclear policy were separate from other foreign policy disputes and would be negotiated separately.
However, an emboldened Vladimir Putin has of late shown an increasing willingness to tie disputes over nuclear policy to other, unrelated …read more
Source: The Blaze
