美国与俄国的关系

For years following the 2nd World War, they became arch enemies and at times came very close to dissolving into a full-blown, likely nuclear war. However, after the demise of the Soviet Union, a new reality emerged between the United States and Russia. Almost overnight, the US had found its old cold war enemy had suddenly become a friend. As Russia struggled through its post Soviet troubles, the relationship between Russia and the US continued to grow. And even into the start of the new millennium, relations between the US and Russia were strong. However, the last few years has seen a continual deterioration of ties between the White House and the Kremlin. So what is driving a wedge between Russia and the United States? And what can be done to try to fix it? Ni hao, you're listening to People In the Know, China's only English-language political current affairs program, online at www.crienglish.com here on China Radio International. In the wake of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, we'll talk about the state of US-Russian relations. So let's get started.

We first tap an American perspective. From Shanghai we're joined on the line by Dr. Michael Prosser with the Shanghai International Studies University.

(Dialogue with Prosser)

And after a short break, we'll come back with an outside perspective.

Ni hao, you're listening to People In the Know, your window into the world around you, online at www.crienglish.com here on China Radio International. I'm Paul James in Beijing. In this edition of the show, we're talking about US-Russian relations in the wake of Condoleezza Rice's visit to Moscow last week. For more on this, we're joined now by Dr. Shen Dingli, Director of the Center for American Studies with Fudan University in Shanghai.