Can Obama "Reset" US-Russian Relations?

U.S. President Barack Obama is on a week-long trip that includes meetings with his Group of Eight (G8) counterparts in Italy, as well as a stop in Accra, the Ghanian capital.  Ahead of those stops, Mr. Obama travels to Moscow for talks with Russian President Dimitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. On the agenda: repairing U.S.-Russian relations, discussion of an American defense shield in Europe, and the future of Russia's relations with the NATO allies. VOA's Senior Analyst Andre de Nesnera takes a look at these and other issues facing both countries.

Andre de Nesnera has been a Senior Analyst in the VOA newsroom in Washington after serving as News Director for several years. Before that, he was National Security Correspondent and for five years was based in London as Senior European Correspondent. His specialty is international politics, with an emphasis on European affairs.