But Russia's pitch-perfect parody of American antiterrorism policy has commanded Washington's attention and could even derail Russian-American cooperation.

With its statement today, Moscow appears to be trying to play down the divisions in the interests of the closer Russian-American cooperation now evident in a variety of areas.

It is with Yugoslavia that that difference, long concealed under a veneer of Russian-American cooperation, has burst into view.

As with Russian-American cooperation on the International Space Station, joining forces on the collider would show that we and China could work together.

Mr. Baker told Mr. Yeltsin that any such Russian-American cooperation would first have to be discussed with the Western allies.

No Guilt Here Some critics of Russian-American cooperation in space have suggested that both men are motivated by guilt over their roles in the cold war.

Russian-American cooperation can play the decisive role in creating such a system.

The Russians are crying foul, and they are casting doubt on a variety of aspects of Russian-American nuclear cooperation.

In fact, there are real questions about how Russian-American cooperation will fare when the American antiterror campaign turns to nations closer to Russia, like Iraq.

The announcement of agreement on the first stage of the issue of "theater missile defense," covering low-velocity systems, seemed intended to highlight Russian-American cooperation.