CDDRL Deputy Director Kathryn Stoner commented on NPR's The World on key issues as U.S. President Barack Obama meets in Moscow with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as part of a broad U.S. effort to re-set U.S. Russian relations. Noting that the U.S. president had no choice but to meet with Putin, who still holds significant power, Stoner-Weiss pointed to a number of gains, including bilateral agreement to reduce nuclear warheads, cooperate on the war in Afghanistan, and address the risks posed by North Korea's and Iran's nuclear programs.