Posts Tagged: Putin Trump
Putin, Alexei Navalny and Public Dissent in Russia
Huge protests recently held in Russia over the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny could become a countrywide movement against the ruling political elite. The...
Belarus Needs Peaceful US Engagement
A CIA assessment of Vladimir Putin’s views and policies concluded that he and his Kremlin apparatus clearly favor Donald Trump over Joe Biden in the...
Belarus and Russia’s Fear of Popular Revolutions
For Russia, the crisis in Belarus caused by the August presidential election result is of a geopolitical nature. Moscow might not be openly stating its...
Russia and Iran’s Dangerous Energy Gambit in the Caucasus
After Armenia’s attack on Azerbaijan’s borders on July 12, a flurry of speculative articles appeared that contained obvious disinformation intended to portray what had happened...
Putin Has Outplayed Trump — and the US and Israel Have Suffered
In 2009, I wrote that Russians are the world's best chess players, and that Vladimir Putin pursues foreign policy like a chess whiz who can...
How China Uses Russia to Counter America in the Middle East and Elsewhere
The interrelation of Russia, China, and the West (primarily the US) will largely dictate how Eurasia develops in the coming decades. Will the super-continent disintegrate...
Putin’s Imperialism Comes to Jerusalem
In January 2020, Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin struck a deal that rescued Israeli backpacker Naama Issachar from a Russian prison and brought her safely...
Beware of Dictatorships and Rogue Regimes During Coronavirus
With the world firmly in the grips of COVID-19, the pandemic has exposed how authoritarian and rogue regimes are cracking down even harder on their...
Russia’s Shift From ‘Greater Europe’ to ‘Greater Asia’
When the Ukraine crisis broke out in 2014, political analysts pointed out, quite rightly, that Russia without Ukraine would become more Asian. With the country’s...
After Soleimani Killing, Putin’s Role Will Grow in Iran
As the emotional tide following the January killing of Iran's Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani ebbs, we have a clearer perspective on what the event...
With Putin’s Proposed Changes, Russia Begins Its Transition to One-Party Rule
On January 15, 2020, in his State of the Nation address to the Russian political elite, Russian president Vladimir Putin proposed some major constitutional amendments,...
Washington and Ankara: Sweet Words, But Differences Remain
“Don’t be a tough guy. Don’t be a fool. I will call you later,” Donald Trump ended his undiplomatic letter to Turkish President Recep Tayyip...
Russian-Chinese Cooperation Is Not as Temporary as You Think
Many believe the Russian-Chinese partnership, which functions across a variety of economic and political spheres, is only temporary. But Moscow’s disenchantment with the West, and...
Putin Tries to Manipulate and Exploit Gulf Tensions
Vladimir Putin, eager to capitalize on escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf, looks like he could use a marketing and reputation management adviser. When Saudi Arabia’s...
