From Cold War to Cold Peace

When the Soviet Union collapsed in the early 1990s, there was a chance for cooperation where there had once been conflict. And for a while it seemed
friendship might replace the bitter legacy of the Cold War. But 18 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, relations between Washington and Moscow are once again icy.

On this America Abroad Radio Special, Ray Suarez looks at how President Putin has retained his popularity despite cracking down on political freedom in Russia, Andrea Koppel narrates an archival audio tour of the history of US-Russian relations since the fall of the Soviet Union, Garrick Utley looks back at the Clinton administration’s efforts to expand NATO while maintaining friendly relations with Russia, and Ray Suarez explores Russia's position on the independence of Kosovo and what it says about Russia’s foreign policy.