... security.
— Do you think a dialogue is still possible after all that has been said in the recent months?
— To prove my point, let's take up my own foreign-ministerial experiences. George W. Bush officially became the 43rd president of the USA on January 20, 2001. In less than two months Russian Ambassador Yuri Ushakov was invited to the US Department of State and was familiarized with Washington's decision to expel over 50 Russian diplomats. Through such actions the new administration ...
President of the Russian International Affairs Council and former Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov has expressed a hope that Washington's policy on Syria will change after the US presidential election.
"In recent months, we can see that US diplomacy is controlled by internal political battles and its decisions are primarily motivated by the results of the upcoming election. The most obvious manifestation of this policy is the approach to the Syrian conflict. Hopefully after the election, the situation...
... European and Russian universities
held a round table “Prospects for Russia-West relations”.
The discussion covered the prospects for development of Russia-EU-US relations following Brexit, the presidential election in the United States, and the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
The discussion was attended by experts from the US, the EU, and Russia, as well as by RIAC members.
The participants included: Thomas Graham, Professor at Yale University; Desmond Browne, former ...
American Presidential elections are approaching in November, and are getting more attention than normal this year because of two unusually high profile and controversial candidates: Hillary Clinton (Democrat) and Donald Trump (Republican). Polls as of mid-September suggest ...
It is usually easier to achieve an agreement with experienced professionals
Less than four months remain before America elects its President; the dramatic struggle has entered its final phase. Judging by the latest polls, Hillary Clinton of the Democratic Party is well ahead of GOP’s Donald Trump. If no unforeseen circumstances interfere with the election campaign before November, we can expect that the forty fifth president of the United States of America – for the first time in its...
Interview with Michael Tomasky
Michael Tomasky, Special Correspondent for
The Daily Beast
and Editor of
Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
, shares his opinion on Donald Trump’s and Hillary Clinton’s election campaigns, as well as his thoughts on the future of Russia-U.S. relations. Tomasky is the author of
Left for Dead: The Life, Death, and Possible Resurrection of Progressive Politics in America
(1996), and of
Hillary's Turn: Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate Campaign
(2001)...
... legislating the cybersecurity dimension and establishment of an anti-hacking mechanism. Quite innovative appears to have been his proposal to invite immigrants for training in the information security professions and give them a chance to stay in the USA, thus filling the nation's demand for cybersecurity experts.
Jeb became visible during his short-lived run for linking cybersecurity and national security with a detailed examination of all domestic and external aspects.
Notably, the United States ...
Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton emerged as the leaders for the republicans and democrats respectively at the end of the decisive Super Tuesday on March 1. These results, though not final raise important questions on the notion and the role of American leadership in the 21st century. The US has always been characterized by a certain exceptionalism. Since Woodrow Wilson this nation has been driven by its strong will to make the world ‘safe for democracy’[1]. For the liberals it translated...
... current situation has been solved yet.
There is no understanding of how to treat this disease, because, firstly, there is a lack of trust between Moscow and Washington. Secondly, there is no common vision of the world's major problems. Russia and the USA share different views on where the world is moving, what the rules of the game in world politics should be, what justice is and so on.
An election campaign for the Russian-American relations is always a difficult time, as it was the same in the past ...
...,” “conduct regular and aggressive military exercises in the Baltic states” and “probably send a few thousand more troops into Germany.” Carly Fiorina saw no point in negotiations with Vladimir Putin and believed that a demonstration ... ... occupied a similar position during the Cold War, the outcome could have been quite different.
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The United States Presidential Elections
of 2016. The International Dimension.
Experts Forecasts
All the Republican contenders hold more or less “hawkish” ...
