The Impact of the Cold War Legacy on US-Russia Bilateral Relation

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In the nature of US-Russia relations, we see a model of bilateral relationship that fosters confrontation and rivalry much stronger than harmony and cooperation. In the quest for a new foreign policy identity in the post-Cold War era, the emergence of such a political geography has narrowed Russia’s foreign policy alternatives, consolidating the geopolitical notion in her foreign policy. As the Cold War legacy has determined the positions of both sides; the US as a status quo power and the Soviet Union as the revisionist one, it has made the bilateral relations much easier to get into a confrontation.