Issue 4279. Last Updated: 11/20/2009

How Pique and Spite Can Destroy Relations

By Vladimir Frolov
The failure of Moscow and Washington to communicate over the conflict in Georgia has led to a rhetorical race that now threatens to shatter the U.S.-Russian relationship. Personal pique and spite have begun to cloud the leaders' judgment.

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