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Staples Easy Button

It will be difficult to “reset” relations between the former Cold War foes if the United States and Russia can’t communicate. In an effort to jokingly symbolize a fresh start, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a fake reset button as a gift to her Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a meeting yesterday in Geneva. The problem: “reset” was translated inaccurately.

 

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David Kampf

David Kampf is a writer and researcher based in Washington, DC. He is also a columnist for Asia Chronicle. He analyzes international politics, foreign policy and economic development, and his pieces have appeared in various publications, including China Rights Forum, African Security Review and World Politics Review. Recently, he directed communications for the U.S. Agency for International Development and President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Rwanda. Prior to living in East Africa, he worked in China and studied in Brazil, India and South Africa.

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