Sino-Soviet Split Redux under President Trump?
(The New Turkey) Perhaps the most important geopolitical puzzle since the collapse of the Soviet Union 25 years ago has been whether the United States will reorient its grand strategy to…
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Why is Donald Trump so cozy with the Kremlin? A political scientist and Russia expert breaks down the theories
(Salon) As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised to ban Muslims from the entering the country and to make Mexico pay for a border wall. He pledged to level the economic playing field…
Herron and Radnitz comment on U.S.-Russia relations under Obama
(WJAC) As Democrats ratchet up rhetoric denouncing Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, critics say President Obama failed to challenge Vladimir Putin sooner and experts fear that President-elect Donald Trump…
Two Challenges to U.S.-Russia Relations: Ontological and Epistemological
From an historical perspective, two challenges have been making U.S.-Russia cooperative relations difficult. One challenge has to do with the actions of both sides. The other challenge involves how they…
Baev: Trump may conclude that since it is so hard to block the anti-Russia drive, it is far easier to lead on it
(Washington Post) They’re resetting expectations in Russia for a reboot of relations with the United States. It wasn’t that long ago that Russia’s establishment was reveling in President-elect Donald Trump’s victory. That…
The Soviet Roots of Meddling in U.S. Politics
(PONARS Policy Memo) The release on January 6 of an unclassified version of the U.S. Intelligence Community’s report describing efforts by Russian security services to influence last year’s U.S. presidential…
Everything you need to know about the Russian art of ‘kompromat’
(WP) On Tuesday, news broke—in rather sensational fashion—that U.S. intelligence agencies had briefed both President Obama and President-elect Donald Trump on the possibility that Russia possesses compromising information on Trump. While questions continue to swirlabout the…
Kramer: Soviet intelligence and security agencies waged a vigorous campaign for decades to meddle in U.S. politics
(NYTimes) Spies are usually thought of as bystanders who quietly steal secrets in the shadows. But the Russian versions, schooled in techniques used during the Cold War against the United States,…
Troitskiy: Republicans in Congress formed their opinion about Russia a while ago
(DPA) It reads like the plot of a Cold War spy novel: The Obama administration seems to have no doubt that Russia is behind cyberattacks and intrusions during the US presidential…
Marten on CBS: The United States and Russia in the cyber age
(CBS This Morning) Kimberly Marten, political science professor at Barnard College and Columbia University in New York, and James Norton, president and founder of cybersecurity firm Play-Action Strategies, join "CBS…