# Prof. Michael Posner on the United States's relationship with Russia

1 Faculty News April 20, 2014 ![Wall Street Journal logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/wsjlogo.jpg?itok=5Qt0z3WX)>

Excerpt from [The Wall Street Journal](http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304810904579510081779229084?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304810904579510081779229084.html&fpid=2,7,121,122,201,401,641,1009) -- "'You don't get to pick your partners in the world,' said [Michael Posner](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-posner), who was an assistant secretary of State when Hillary Clinton ran the State Department. 'The Russians had their hands in a range of things that mattered to us. So the reset was an honest recognition that there are some things we needed to work with them on.'"
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