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...Russians were nice hosts, though, in some little things- like removing the ashtrays from conference room tables as a courtesy to the nonsmoking Americans - and in some big things, the largest of which was a deal in which each side agreed to dispose of 34 tons of weapons-grade plutonium. That pact, combined with one creating in Moscow a joint U.S.-Russian center to monitor missile launches, allowed Clinton aides to proclaim a "highly significant and unprecedented" breakthrough in the arms talks. And in some ways it is; 68 tons of weapons-grade plutonium is enough to create...
...weekend wasn't an entire loss for President Clinton. Sure, he didn't get Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin to agree to modifications in the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty that would allow the U.S. to build its Son of Star Wars missile defense system in Alaska. But nobody really expected that. There's little incentive for Putin to sign off on a deal that could throw his country into a new arms race at a time when Russia definitely needs more butter and fewer guns. And time is on the Russian side - Clinton would like...
Even under the June sunshine, Bill Clinton found Moscow a little chilly for his liking. The Yeltsin years got the U.S. president accustomed to dealing with a Russian leader as pliant as a puppy so long as his begging bowl was filled, but Sunday's summit with just-anointed President Vladimir Putin saw Mr. Clinton facing a Russian leader less prone to accommodating Western concerns. And on the key issue of missile defense, President Putin holds the cards that can make life a little uncomfortable for the U.S. leader. "President Clinton needs a deal on missile defense far more than...
...Although he's threatening to burn down the house of arms control if the U.S. proceeds without Russian approval, Putin needs a deal with Washington for his own reasons - maintaining the existing Russian missile fleet may tax Moscow's resources beyond their capacity, and the substantial cuts envisaged for both sides as part of a START III framework treaty will help Russia maintain an affordable nuclear deterrent. That creates a powerful incentive for Putin to seek new arms control agreements. The difference is that while Clinton is under the gun, Putin has plenty of time on his hands. "Right...
...While Europe's fears of missile defense are grounded in real fears of a Russian escalation that would directly threaten their security, its concerns over genetically altered crops may be more culturally based. To be sure, the continent's headline writers use terms such as "contamination" to refer to the introduction of genetically altered seed in Europe, whereas such practices are commonplace in the U.S. But while some in Washington may suspect this concern disguises a more basic economic nationalism, it may also be a reflection of deep philosophical differences. "There's a fundamental difference in attitude at work...