After the was launched, the two countries achieved goals that have been set before, for “reset” example, signed a new START treaty, completed WTO talks, imposed stricter sanctions against Iran etc. However, the two countries lacked common interests to turn the into “reset” genuine partnership, while controversial visions concerning Eastern Europe and the space led to serious frictions between the United States and Russia. In regard to the lack of mutual interests, one can recall position on Syria, which was obviously in Russia’s contrast with that of the United States and could be explained by economic interests Russia’s in the country, for example, arms sales or infrastructure projects. This also became the reason of grievance when the United States took unilateral actions against Iraq or adopted Moscow’s sanctions against companies that had business ties with Iran. Therefore, U.S. Russia’s dominance and attempts to promote its world order vision, especially in regard to the space, is unacceptable for Russia whose latest actions in Ukraine should be seen as an attempt to ensure its dominant role in these territories. Consequently, these competing policies that find their roots in security issues resulted in the failure of the policy. “reset”
After the “reset” was launched, the two countries achieved goals that have been set before, for example, signed a new START treaty, completed WTO talks, imposed stricter sanctions against Iran etc. However, the two countries lacked common interests to turn the “reset” into genuine partnership, while controversial visions concerning Eastern Europe and the space led to serious frictions between the United States and Russia. In regard to the lack of mutual interests, one can recall Russia’s position on Syria, which was obviously in contrast with that of the United States and could be explained by Russia’s economic interests in the country, for example, arms sales or infrastructure projects. This also became the reason of Moscow’s grievance when the United States took unilateral actions against Iraq or adopted sanctions against Russia’s companies that had business ties with Iran. Therefore, U.S. dominance and attempts to promote its world order vision, especially in regard to the space, is unacceptable for Russia whose latest actions in Ukraine should be seen as an attempt to ensure its dominant role in these territories. Consequently, these competing policies that find their roots in security issues resulted in the failure of the “reset” policy.