In 2008, the anti-missile shield that is about to be installed by the USA in Central Europe, at the gates of Russia, is reinitiating the Russian-American power balance. The problem was present in the agenda of the NATO-Russia Council during the Summit in Bucharest and it became the main issue during the Bush-Putin meeting in Soci. The fact that the crisis of the missiles placed by the USSR in Cuba started in 1962, showed the danger of the end of the strategic balance between the powers of the Cold War. USA brought this to the UN. In the middle of the bilateral dialogue, President Kennedy transferred the negotiations in a bilateral environment and he and his Soviet counterpart, Nikita Hrusciov, got to a different deal. Even though this was a way to avoid conflict, many people regretted the fact that the solution came from the confrontation of the forces of the opponents, but not from applying the international laws.

In 2008, the anti-missile shield that is about to be installed by the USA in Central Europe, at the gates of Russia, is reinitiating the Russian-American power balance. The problem was present in the agenda of the NATO-Russia Council during the Summit in Bucharest and it became the main issue during the Bush-Putin meeting in Soci. Real progress could be seen only during the later meeting.

The lack of confidence in the international organizations and in their capacity to defend the global order is a characteristic of the neo-conservative school. The wish of the great powers to negotiate in bilateral format is not just about lack of trust, but also about the interest in valuing the power disproportion between them and the ones they negotiate with. It is interesting that the USA as well as Russia prefer to negotiate with the EU members, but not with the EU as a group. From this point of view, Washington and Moscow are on the s