... Donald Trump a ajouté 5 millions de voix à son total de 2016. Sa capacité à additionner divers courants idéologiques et à faire fructifier ce capital semble intact // Le Monde. 06.11.2020.
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/11/05/elections-americaines-2020-le-trumpisme-fait-la-preuve-de-sa-resilience_6058554_3210.html
Premier appel entre Emmanuel Macron et Joe Biden mardi // Le Point. 11.11.2020.
https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/premier-appel-entre-emmanuel-macron-et-joe-biden-prevu-mardi-10-11-2020-2400488_24.php
Prospects dim for early U.S. return to TPP despite Biden win // The Japan Times. 09.11.2020. ...
... campaign calls “
peace policies
,” which include cutting the military budget by 75%, unilaterally disarming America’s stockpile of nuclear weapons to a minimum credible deterrent, and ending decades of forever war.
Andrey Kortunov:
President Joe Biden and Russia
Hawkins’ devotion to peace translates into a rather sober approach towards Russia. He is calling for a
cybersecurity treaty
with Russia and argues that Americans should reject the
unhealthy obsession with Russiagate
that has been ...
... political divide and, broadly speaking, its social divide will not be overcome in November and Trump’s supporters will hardly be ready to surrender unconditionally. The bitter political struggle in the U.S. will continue no matter what the outcome of the elections. Consequently, it is difficult to hope for any radical shifts in bilateral Russia-U.S. relations. As far as one can tell, Joe Biden has neither the political will not the requisite political capital to promote such shifts.
At the same time, given Biden’s heavy “dependence” on the Democratic party machine, we can expect his Russia policy to be more predictable. In other ...
... public - both domestic and foreign. China turned out to be a convenient scapegoat; making Beijing responsible for COVID-19 was like pouring oil on already burning US-China fire.
Can we expect a radical shift of the US approach to China after the November elections? Unfortunately, this is not very likely. If Joe Biden replaces Donald Trump in the White House, there will be a clear change in US foreign policy style and rhetoric, but much less in its fundamental goals and aspirations. President Biden might be more inclined to reach tactical truces with Beijing ...
... for all of these countries, positive for some, not so much for others. As for Russia, the historical significance of the U.S. elections is up for debate. One gets the impression that Russia is the exception that proves the rule here, as is often the case.... ... Timofeev:
Russia and the US: Where Will the Growing Alienation Lead to?
Unfortunately, there is every reason to believe that Joe Biden, should he emerge victorious on November 3, will be another weak president. After all, the political, and indeed social,...
...
arming Ukraine
, pushing back on the
Nord Stream 2 pipeline
, and hitting Russia with
cyberattacks
.
By every indication, a Joe Biden presidency would look a lot like the Obama presidency during its second term. And although it’s true that Biden has ... ... comes to Russia, the former Harvard professor
proposes
“strong, targeted penalties on Russia for its attempts to subvert elections” and implementing policies that will help make America’s European allies “energy independent.” This is, of course,...
