The Relationship Between Russian And The US In The Context Of Ukraine Crisis

Throughout the Russia-US relationship after the Cold War, the relations between Russia and the United States show periodic variation characteristics, as nervousness-ease-nervous again-ease again. Every once in a while Russian-US relations will be strained, Ukrainian crisis triggered a sanctions war between Russia and the United States sanctions, criticize each other, mutual distrust, Russian-US relations fell to freezing point..According to the prevailing wisdom in The United States, the Ukraine crisis can be blamed almost entirely on Russian aggression,The United States conducts a series of sanctions against Russia,which involves the Russian political, economic, energy, food and other fields, and put pressure on Russia in military too.however,in Russia’s opinion,The United States shares most of the responsibility for the crisis,Russia announces that it’s imposing its own sanctions against The United States in the political,economic, energy, food and other fields, and to use their military forces launched a new round of battle with The United States, mainly in military exercises, strategic nuclear power, military construction, etc.The Ukrainian crisis erupted On November21,2013, it has caused extensive concern of the international community,especially in Russia and the United States.the crisis caused great power game between two countries,the reasons of game are not the importance of Ukraine’s geopolitical position, but also the driven by the interests of the state.Ukraine locates in the heart of Eurasia, and it’ s a geopolitical fulcrum country, Russia and the US have geopolitical significance.And in the national interest, Ukraine is related to the core of Russia’s national interests——security interests, and the United States want to promote democracy, curb Russia, achieving global hegemony springboard through Ukraine. Affected by Ukraine crisis, the cooperation between Russia and The United States is under attack, but both Russia and the US remained relatively calm, the sanctions and game are limited in controllable range, and maintain a dialogue.Today, the prospect of solving the crisis in Ukraine is still confusing, sanctions continue, the United States declared that it will extend the sanctions about Russia to 2017.Ukrainian crisis has a profound influence on Russian-US relations, even raised concerns about the possibility of a new cold war, This paper thinks that the process of Russian-US relations restart is ended by Ukraine crisis. It’s difficult to outbreak "new cold war" between Russia and the United States under the influence of both sides of their own strength and changes in the international environment, but in the short term, Russian-US relations will not ease at least until the end of Obama’s presidency in 2016. Limit sanctions, struggle to manageable, and effective cooperation in some fields will become the norm in Russian-US relations.