The Obama administration has made clear that it wants to "reset" relations with Russia, so the two former Cold War foes can cooperate on Iran, fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan,and reducing their vast nuclear arsenals.

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Late last week, a defense official of the Russian government had said that Russia would not participate in any military excercises against Libya, a former Cold War ally.

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He also halted cooperation with the alliance under the Partnership for Peace program, designed to forge closer ties between former Cold War foes, and he suspended talks on opening a NATO military mission in Moscow.

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The richly detailed drama, which opened Monday night at Lincoln Center, is set in the spring of 1948, when the Cold War between former World War II allies America and the Soviet Union is under way.

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