... crisis. And they cannot be considered tenable under current conditions, as all attempts to bring them back to life have failed.
Donald Trump: America First
Pavel Sharikov:
Information as a Factor of U.S. Smart Strategy
The new Strategy is a logical continuation ... ... enshrined at the doctrinal level. As we have already
mentioned
, it resembles the policy of George W. Bush more than that of Barack Obama, although it does borrow from and refine some points of the latter’s strategy to meet current needs. The first ...
... stubborn paranoids, exalted conspiracy theorists or genetic Russophobes. Deep State consists of rationally thinking professionals, who are always easier to deal with than romantic amateurs are. With all its shortcomings, it is the Deep State that limits Donald Trump’s most exotic and potentially most dangerous foreign policy oddities.
Second, it’s time to change the attitude toward the Democratic Party leadership. For some reason (probably because of inertia) the Barack Obama administration is constantly remembered in Russia in the worst possible way, with the two latest presidents constantly juxtaposed. How is Obama bad, and Trump is good? The stubborn facts show otherwise. For example, Obama pursued a consistent ...
... Petraeus and Crocker. In late 2011, after some three years of further progress and additional reductions in violence, President Barack Obama decided to withdraw the remaining US combat forces and the last four-star US commander, leaving only a modest training ... ... did not reply.
Towards Strategic Savvy
If there is any solace for Washington’s numerous follies in the Middle East, it is Donald Trump’s selection of an outstanding national security team: Mattis, McMaster, and General John Kelly (Homeland Security)....
... consistent with the position of American intellectuals, who fall in the realist camp of foreign policy thinking, such as John Mearsheimer, Barry Posen and Stephen Walt.
Given the parallels that can be traced back to the election campaign rhetoric of Barack Obama and Donald Trump, the experience gained by the 44th president of the United States is illustrative when forecasting the prospects of whether the new White House resident will fulfil his promises.
During the early stages of the Democratic administration’s ...
