Some experts maintain that the pandemic could lead to some improvements in relations between Russia and the U.S., as well as potentially aggravate points of disagreement between China and Russia.
Analysis
The Washington Post Opinion page…
If you don’t agree with us, you must be a Russian asset…
Gary Leupp: Traditional Russophobia in an Unusual Election Year
Pelosi is basically saying Russians are bad people, the enemy that hates us.
Daniel L. Davis: It’s Time to Stop Defending the Status Quo of Foreign Policy Failure
Here is a better way forward.
Daniel Larison: A Last Chance To Save New START
ussia has offered to agree to a five-year extension immediately before the end of the year.
Matthew Lee: Trump’s two Russias confound coherent US policy
When it comes to Russia, the Trump administration just can’t seem to make up its mind.
Dimitri Alexander Simes: What Does Russia Expect from the Putin-Zelensky Meeting?
At first glance, the upcoming Putin-Zelensky summit appears to have all the necessary ingredients for a potential breakthrough meeting. But can the Putin-Zelensky summit live up to these high expectations?
William E. Pomeranz: Russia’s Broken Constitution
The Putin constitution is poised to become the law of the land.
Fred Weir Responds to The Atlantic’s “The Russification of the Republican Party”
There is something to the idea that American political culture is becoming increasingly Sovietized, writes Weir…. [Read more…] about Fred Weir Responds to The Atlantic’s “The Russification of the Republican Party”
Krithika Varagur: Nothing to Apologize For: A Review of Samantha Power’s Memoir
Power has only lived in two countries in her adult life—the U.S. and Bosnia—and it shows.
Carl J. Schramm: ‘The Interagency’ Isn’t Supposed to Rule
The Constitution gives the president, not a club of unelected officials, the power to set foreign policy.
VIDEO: Rising: Saagar Enjeti blasts responses to the Russian bounty reports
Saagar Enjeti blasts responses to the Russian bounty reports that provoke action against Russia and threaten the security of American soldiers in Afghanistan.
Paul Robinson: NAPOLEON, KUTUZOV, AND THE CHANGING INTERNATIONAL ORDER
Do we want to be Napoleon or do we want to be Kutuzov? Our future depends on our response.
Paul Robinson: Afghan Tales
Depictions of Russia often have little to do with Russia itself and are more about those doing the depiction. For many in the Western world, Russia is, and long has been, a significant ‘other’, comparison with which serves a useful purpose in the creation of self-identity.
Stephen F. Cohen: Who Is Making US Foreign Policy?
An anti-neocon president appears to have been surrounded by neocons in his own administration.
Barbard Boland: Three Glaring Problems With The Russian Taliban ‘Bounty’ Story
Let’s take a deeper dive into some of the problems with the reporting here….
Gordon Hahn: The Lessons of Russia’s Syrian Intervention for Washington and Brussels
The era in which the United States and/or the West (NATO) can dictate outcomes anywhere across the globe unilaterally has ended.
Dmitry Trenin: How Russians Are Reading Bolton and Trump
John Bolton suggests that Putin can play Trump like a fiddle. The truth is that under the forty-fifth U.S. president, the bilateral relationship with Russia is now as bad as at any time since the early 1980s.
Brian Milakovsky: Ukraine’s Divided House Still Stands
A lasting settlement must address the growing chasm between the region’s two halves.
Gordon Hahn: Towards Orderly and Peaceful Regime Transformation in Russia
Sooner or later, out of biological necessity alone, Russia will no longer be ruled by President Vladimir Putin.