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Trump’s Team Was Desperate for Back Channel with Moscow
Jared Kushner listens as his wife, Ivanka, speaks with German chancellor Angela Merkel and American president Donald Trump outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington DC, March 17 (White...
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Why America and Russia Are Closer to Confrontation in Syria
American sailors direct an EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Atlantic Ocean, November 16, 2015 (USN/L.A. Preston) Russia has suspended a...
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What’s the Point in Talking to Putin?
Russian president Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, December 21, 2015 (Presidential Press and Information Office) If Donald Trump is hoping a good talk with Vladimir...
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A New Cold War? Yes And No
Soviet T-72 tanks parade in Moscow’s Red Square, November 7, 1983 (Thomas Hedden) Shirley Bassey reminds us that we all come full circle sometimes: The word is about, there’s something evolving...
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Mixed Success for Trump at the G20 on Syria and Trade
German chancellor Angela Merkel gestures at American president Donald Trump during the G20 summit in Hamburg, July 8 (Bundesregierung) The G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany has been a mixed success for...
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Putin Has Already Got Most of What He Wanted from Trump
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras answers a question from a reporter in Moscow as Russian president Vladimir Putin looks on, April 8, 2015 (Presidential Press and Information Office) Collusion or...
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So Much for Yet Another Russian Reset
A flag of the Russian Federation (Amanda Graham) From Reuters: US president Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law on Wednesday new sanctions against Russia that Congress had approved overwhelmingly...
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Trump Accepts Putin’s Denials of Election Interference
American president Donald Trump meets with Japanese officials in Tokyo, November 6 (White House/Shealah Craighead) America’s spy agencies are unanimous in their assessment that Russia tried to sabotage...
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Don’t Exaggerate Russian Meddling in the Catalan Independence Crisis
View of the Palau Nacional in Barcelona, Spain, March 17, 2011 (Mark Turner) Spanish media exaggerate Russia’s role in the Catalan independence crisis. Russian state media, like RT and Sputnik, and...
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Trump Cedes Initiative to China and Russia
Presidents Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China observe a military ceremony in Shanghai, May 20, 2014 (Presidential Press and Information Office) Edward Luce argues in the Financial Times...
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Russians Were All Over Trump’s Campaign
Businessman Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, February 27, 2015 (Gage Skidmore) Back in March, I wondered if anybody in Donald Trump’s...
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China and Russia: True Love or Marriage of Convenience?
Russian president Vladimir Putin listens to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, making a speech in Moscow, July 4 (Presidential Press and Information Office) China and Russia are making common cause...
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This New Cold War Is Ideological Too
The skyline of Moscow, Russia, March 27, 2017 (Julian Buijzen) Because Russia promotes an agenda that is native to Europe, few seem to realize this Second Cold War is just as ideological as the first....
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Italian Parties Putin-Friendly, But Policy Shift Unlikely
Italian prime minister Paolo Gentiloni and Russian president Vladimir Putin attend a conference in Sochi, May 17, 2017 (Palazzo Chigi) Italy’s election can’t keep Vladimir Putin up at night. No matter...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Russian Spy Poisoning
British prime minister Theresa May answers questions in the House of Commons in London, England, July 20, 2016 (UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor) Former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his...
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Good, Bad and Ugly in Trump’s Drug Plan, Corbyn Parrots Russian Talking Points
American president Donald Trump gives a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, February 24, 2017 (Michael Vadon) Politico reports that Donald Trump is...
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Trump Doesn’t Understand New Cold War, Doesn’t Understand Presidency
American president Donald Trump arrives in Salt Lake City, Utah, December 4, 2017 (ANG/Annie Edwards) Donald Trump doesn’t understand why Russian “resets” have failed in the past, tweeting, “Bush tried...
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Five Catalan Politicians Jailed, Five Reasons for Russia’s Spy Poisoning
Catalan politician Jordi Turull makes a speech in Barcelona, December 12, 2013 (CDC) Five Catalan politicians, including the former speaker of parliament and three acting ministers, have been send...
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Trump Believes Summit with Putin Has Reset Relations. He’s Wrong
Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia meet in Helsinki, Finland, July 16 (Presidential Press and Information Office) Two years on the job, Donald Trump still doesn’t...
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Why Greek-Russian Relations Haven’t Improved
Greek prime minister Alexis Tsipras answers a question from a reporter in Moscow as Russian president Vladimir Putin looks on, April 8, 2015 (Presidential Press and Information Office) When the...
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