Source: U.S. Department of Defense. (Project America)From The New York Times:
MOSCOW — Three former American secretaries of state and a former secretary of defense were in Moscow on Thursday for informal meetings with top Russian officials in an attempt to pull relations between the United States and Russia out of a tailspin before the countries’ presidents meet for the first time next month.
The flurry of so-called track two diplomacy by figures outside government was another gesture of outreach to Russia. A month ago, the Obama administration sent a letter proposing a dialogue on curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions that could diminish American needs for a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.
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My Comment: There is no longer a possibility of a nuclear arms race with Russia. Both the U.S. and Russia are financially tied down .... and the political leadership in both Moscow and Washington do not have the stomach to expand their nuclear forces to a level that it was 20 or 30 years ago.
Lets face it .... those days are gone.
But both sides do want to reduce their forces. They also want to save some money, and to feel secure while doing it.
Sending the old diplomats from Washington to meet the old diplomats in Moscow will probably do the trick.