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In Conversation with Amb. Vershbow: Understanding the US Role in NATO
RL: You served as the US ambassador to Russia from 2001 to 2005. This was a much different time in US-Russian relations, arguably a much, much better time. How did the US/NATO relationship with Russia go so far off track? And what role, in your view, …