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Article: OP-ED; Necessity means U.S.-Russian pact.(Editorial)
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- The Boston Herald
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- September 13, 2000
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MOSCOW - A group of American conservatives and Russian democrats met here last week to revive the concept of strategic cooperation between our two nations. The case for such an alliance is compelling.
In the heady days immediately following the Soviet collapse, there was talk of a defensive pact between Washington and Moscow. But after war in the Balkans, NATO expansion to include former Warsaw Pact nations, Kremlin opposition to an American missile defense and a Russian weapons bazaar open 24 hours a day, the idea appears increasingly remote.
Both nations seem trapped in a Cold War mindset where each stares at the other so fixedly that neither can see ...