... of international relations is the struggle of democracies against autocracies. This does not mean ideological neutrality. The idea of the ‘free world’ and criticism of ‘communism’ (in which they include China, Cuba, Venezuela, and by inertia, Russia) plays an important role in the thinking of many Republicans. But the defining factor is something else – intolerance of those who for various reasons do not accept American supremacy.
Trump’s choice for national security adviser, Michael Waltz, for example, speaks negatively and disparagingly of ...
... hearing, when he said that his prosecutorial team "did not reach a determination as to whether the President committed a crime." However, this will not stop fanatics such as Schiff and Nadler from continuing to beat the drums for impeachment, as Russiagate has never really been about Trump or his campaign committing impeachable acts. The underlying issue, which was not addressed by those Republicans at the hearings who were defending Trump [
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] is his commitment to break from the post-Cold War unilateralist paradigm, which under his predecessors G.W. Bush and B. Obama, escalated a geopolitical divide between the U.S., and Russia and ...
Russia made at least three tactical mistakes after the new Republican administration came to power
When Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 U.S. presidential election was announced in Russia’s lower chamber of parliament, the State Duma, the deputies’ ...
... considerable prominence.
The foreign policy issues that spark the greatest concern among Republican candidates are: 1) illegal immigration; 2) the situation in the Middle East, including the recent deal on Iran's nuclear program and support for Israel; 3) Russian-American relations, especially in the context of the conflict in Ukraine.
The Republicans’ position on foreign policy is largely based on opposing the Obama administration.
The candidates’ pre-election rhetoric suggests that these issues seem to provoke both cross-party and intra-Republican controversy. It is important ...
