Betrayal

This lecture is from 2011, at the time of the so-called 'reset' of relations between the US and Russia

I think it behooves us to have an historical understanding of how we got here.

If you have time I can recommend listening to this.Prof

Stephen Cohen is easily one of the top American authorities on Russian history.

US Betrayal of Russia

Prof. Stephen Cohen

NYU Prof Steve Cohen recounts Russian leaders repeatedly, since Clinton, demonstrating with deeds their willingness for Russia to be friends with the US, only to be deceived and betrayed by US presidents and Congress, and the cynical characters behind the scenes pulling the strings. 

He's the author of a new book: Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives. 

Stephen F. Cohen has been professor of Russian Studies and History at New York University since 1998, where he teaches a course titled Russia Since 1917. He previously taught at Princeton University. Books he has written include: Rethinking the Soviet Experience: Politics and History Since 1917; Sovieticus: American and Soviet Realities; Bukharin and the Bolshevik Revolution: A Political Biography, 1888-1938; and Failed Crusade: America and the Tragedy of Post-Communist Russia. 

He is a CBS News consultant as well as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Cohen has appeared on the Charlie Rose Show more than thirty times. Cohen is married to Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of the progressive magazine The Nation, where he is also a contributing editor.