In the last section of my book “Grand Deception”  (currently banned, but available here in kindle, nook, or pdf formats), titled “Toward the New U.S. – Russian Alliance” I wrote that, “Perhaps more than at any point in history, the future of humanity lies in the hearts and minds of the people of the United States and the people of Russia. Do we dare imagine the world we could all build together if we rejected the needless fear and hostility?” Recently the relations between Russia and the West have deteriorated, triggering a new Cold War that could degenerate into a hot one, whose consequences would be too harrowing to contemplate.

In order for us to avoid making a massive mess of things, U.S. leadership must rise above the relentless hostility towards Russia and to engage instead in friendly and constructive cooperation. Today, President Trump’s administration took another important step in this direction by holding a high-level meeting between the Chairman of its Joint Chief of Staff, General Joseph Dunford and his Russian counterpart, General Valery Gerasimov. Continue reading →