Ambassador  Michael  McFaul   Michael  McFaul   U.S.  Ambassador  to  the  Russian  Federa8on   ︱ @McFaul www.facebook.com/amb.mcfaul The  “Reset”    Theory,  Results,  Future     Ambassador  McFaul   Higher  School  of  Economics   (Abridged  Slides)   May  25,  2012 Point of Departure for the Reset •  Dangerous Drift in U.S.-Russia Relations •  Iraq War •  Conflicts regarding European Security •  Economic Recession Theory of the Reset (1) 1.U.S. and Russia Share Some Common Interests 2. Need to Develop a Multi-Dimensional Relationship: Security, Economic Cooperation, and Society-to-Society Contacts 3. Increased Engagement Is the Means to Produce Win-Win Outcomes Theory of Reset (2) 4. Can practice Dual Track Engagement - Engage Russian government & Russian society at the same time. 5. Can pursue Reset with Russia without compromising our relations with other countries. 6. Can avoid linkage of unrelated issues. Means for Pursuing Reset •  Increase Interaction between Top Officials. •  Structure Government-to-Government Engagement (BPC). •  Facilitate More Society-to-Society Contact. •  Create Conditions for increased Trade and Investment. Increase  Interac8on  between  Top   Officials,  Moscow,  July  2009 Washington,  June  2010 Moscow,  March  2011 Bilateral Presidential Commission: 20 Working Groups   2012 Joint Report: http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/rs/usrussiabilat/186831.htm •  Policy Steering Group •  Emergency Situations •  Agriculture •  Energy •  Arms Control and •  Environment International Security •  Health •  Business Development and •  Innovation Economic Relations •  Intelligence •  Civil Society •  Military Cooperation •  Counternarcotics •  Nuclear Energy and Nuclear •  Counterterrorism Security •  Defense Relations •  Science and Technology •  Education, Culture, Sports, •  Space Cooperation and Media •  Rule-of-Law