5/17/2008 How Do I Listen? Archived programs are streamed in the Real Audio Format. Click here to download   Problems Listening? Try this Direct Listen Link if the "Listen to Show" button to the right does not work   Hosted by: Dick Gordon Show Originally Aired: 11/5/2001 CALL 1 800-423-TALK US and Russia Relations AP Image Email to friend The Iron Curtain's been down for some time, but the diplomatic love-in underway between Russia and the United States is enough to make a seasoned diplomatic blush. Both sides seem ready to agree that the ABM Treaty is easy to fix, Missile Defense, Pahjhalstah! Economic troubles? Nothing a little debt relief can't fix. And NATO? Sign on the dotted line. Although the speed with which Presidents Bush and Putin are scraping away the remaining frost of the Cold War is dizzying to watch, there are those saying that none of this will be a walk in Gorky Park, and that once the nations get past their mutual desire to stamp out terrorism, old suspicions, pride and the problems will be back. Related Shows Russia and the "Axis Of Evil" The Connection (09/05/2002) Nuclear Posture Review The Connection (03/12/2002) Grading America's Grand Strategy On Point (05/06/2004) The World Responds The Connection (02/06/2003) Iraq Ultimatum On Point (09/12/2002) The Bush Doctrine The Connection (09/30/2002) Graham Allison, Director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard's JFK School of Government Professor John Erickson, Emeritus Professor of Defense Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. John Erickson: Putin has seized this opportunity to give us an altered view of Russia, and to convey that Russia is a European power. listen Graham Allison: An opportunity to break through a set of circumstances, to inspire integration, not isolation. listen list all Highlights...

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