Russia (Washington Insider Magazine) -Since the early 90s, the United States and Russia have had one of the most complicated relationships of all time, even more so than any of Kim Kardashian’s affairs.
While both nations have come together for space exploration, counterterrorism, and nuclear safety, the relationship started to dissolve in the early 2010s after Russian’s involvement in the Syrian War and the 2016 U.S. election, the crisis in Ukraine, and the protection of Edward Snowden.
It is important the U.S. and Russia remain on good terms, however, otherwise there could be a global problem if both countries decided to fight it out, like they almost did during the Cold War.
According to Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the U.S. and Russia should have a good relationship to prevent further nuclear proliferation. The U.S. and Russia have the most weapons of mass destruction in the world. A confrontation between the two could result in the end of the world, but knowing only both countries have these weapons is beneficial to know in case other countries want to start a war.
Also, as allies, the two countries can combat any threat. Terrorists beware, because if Russia and the U.S. are on good terms and non-allies want trouble, the two countries can come together to put a stop to that immediately. If Korea, Afghanistan, or Syria pose any threat to either country, they better think twice.
CEIP also pointed out that Russia and the U.S. can vouch for the other if there are other countries that are not in good terms with the other. For example, if China is in good talks with Russia but not the U.S., Russia could negotiate with China on the United States’ behalf.
However, it always seems as though there is some sort of outside interference getting involved to make sure these two countries are always in some sort of conflict. At one point it was China, other times, it was former President Donald Trump.
If these two countries are to become the most powerful duo in the world, they have to start acting more like grown-ups than children and put their differences aside for the better.
Links:
https://www.csis.org/analysis/addressing-unresolved-challenges-us-russia-relations
https://carnegieendowment.org/2019/06/20/thirty-years-of-u.s.-policy-toward-russia-can-vicious-circle-be-broken-pub-79323
