... the right-wing Conservative Tea Party movement, which had provided Trump with the core of his voters (Mike Pence, Mike Pompeo, Marc Short, Betsy DeVos, Tom Price and Kellyanne Conway); 4) representatives of business circles (Steven Mnuchin, Gary Cohn, Rex Tillerson, Wilbur Ross and Steve Schwarzman); and 5) traditionalist right-wing Conservatives who provided Trump with ideological support (Steve Bannon, Jeff Sessions, Reince Priebus, Stephen Miller, Peter Navarro, etc.).
Due to its fragmented and ...
1) US officials have said that they will start
tough
and frank dialogue with Russia. They have also said that as relations are at their lowest point since the cold war that from there they can only get better. Where could this dialogue lead and does Russia have any appetite for concessions before the upcoming presidential elections next spring?
I do not think that the Kremlin has an appetite for concessions to the new US Administration, but there is an apparent interest in trying to improve the...
...
While India’s outreach towards Iran makes sense, it needs to watch out for is Trump’s administration towards Iran. The US President during his campaign speeches had openly spoken about scrapping the nuclear agreement. Both his Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary, James Mattis categorically stated that this was not possible. While the International Atomic Energy Agency’s latest assessment, unequivocally states, that Iran has stuck to the commitment it made, Trump’s Secretary ...
We are Crazy, so Waltz Me Around Again Willy!
A few weeks ago, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson proclaimed the ending of the doctrine of strategic patience with rogue regimes like nuclear North Korea. At the U.N., however, he seemed to be suggesting we can seek a resolution of the crisis through economic pressure and diplomacy. In ...
On April 10, 2017, RIAC in Moscow hosted the discussion of joint RIAC–CSIS report “
Roadmap for U.S.-Russia relations
”, prepared by group of experts from the two countries.
A short summary of expert discussion:
— Had I been asked a week ago what my expectations for this visit were, I would have said that anything but a tangible success, could be considered a failure. The key expectation of the Secretary of State’s visit was that it was supposed to give a new impetus to Russia-U.S. relations and...
... with a symbolic suspension of the memorandum on the prevention of incidents, there is a serious military escalation and further erosion even of the minimal rules of the game. The consequences can be extremely dangerous for everyone.
Andrey Kortunov on Rex Tillerson Russia visit
Anything that is not an obvious failure can
be considered a success
The chemical incident in Idlib brought to nothing all the last months' efforts, aimed to normalize the situation in Syria and advance the dialogue between ...
... Ukraine and Syria to the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the future of U.S.-Russia cooperation.</em></p>
<p><strong>Question: I’d like to start by asking you about your forthcoming meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson; we’ve read in the press that the two of you may be meeting soon.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Sergey Lavrov:</strong> So they say.</p>
<p><strong>Question: Could you perhaps tell us about ...
