At the Faculty of History, World Politics and Sociology, Professor Matthew Crossston, American Military University (Omaha, Nebraska, USA) delivered a lecture course. He discussed with students common problems and trends of modern Russian-American communications, the future of relations between our countries, the intellectual grounds for a reset - the beginning of a new era of Russian-American diplomacy.
"I have no doubt that such an era will come sooner or later," said Professor Crossston. “There have been many difficult periods in the history of our countries' relations, but even more - cooperation, since the very formation of the United States. And I myself am a living example of such cooperation: I once studied in Tambov, was the first American student to study at TSU (then called Pedagogical Institute). Over these years I have become a political scientist. I dare to think, a successful political scientist. And in my homeland in interviews, TV and radio broadcasts, scientific disputes I do not get tired to say that we - American politicians and political experts - need to understand Russia, take into account its interests, build reliable communications with it, and in no case try to isolate it . Many Cabinet members do not agree with this, but that, I'm sure, is a dead-end and absolutely unreasonable way. Our future is in a variety of communication, I am absolutely convinced in that. That’s why I'm here - in beloved to my heart Tambov.”
