Published 20-06-2013, 15:23
On June 17, Russia Beyond the Headlines and Foreign Policy launched a new digital project called Russia Direct. The new website will bring together articles, white papers and monthly memos on U.S. and Russian foreign policy from leading experts on both sides of the Atlantic.Editor-in-chief Ekaterina Zabrovskaya hopes Russia Direct will allow readers and participants to find new avenues for cooperation following renewed interest in Obama’s reset of relations with Russia amid a prickly diplomatic environment.
"The United States and Russia have had a long relationship important to both of these major world powers with impact far beyond just their borders. Take any major international issue and chances are that both Washington and Moscow have a vested interest in it, which sometimes aligns and other times puts these countries at odds with each other,” she said.
"That is why today, our team is thrilled by the opportunity to unveil Russia Direct: A publication whose mission is to improve U.S.-Russian relations on the interpersonal, inter-agency and intergovernmental levels,” explained Zabrovskaya.
The website will feature over a dozen channels offering various formats of discourse and debate on the present bilateral diplomatic environment. A section titled Decoder examines how current events are covered by both Russian and American media to help readers in both countries understand the others’ perspective.
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