US-Russia Relations

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America vs. Russia: Brinksmanship With Nuclear Bombers Risks Starting a Disastrous War

B-52s vs. Russian jets in the Black Sea could start a crisis that spark a war no one would ever want. by Jason Ditz In the past few months, the Black Sea is a lot less quiet than it ought […]

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Repairing US-Russia Relations: “shameful document”

U.S. Envoy Says Former Officials’ Call for Russia Rethink Is ‘Shameful’ James Gilmore, Trump’s ambassador to the OSCE, said he was “embarrassed” by calls from experts-including some of his former colleagues-to normalize ties with Russia. A senior Trump administration diplomat […]

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Trump Administration Seeks Pre-Election Win on Nuclear Arms Deal with Russia

By John Walcott After three years tuning out, turning off, and dropping out of every arms control and trade treaty within reach, the Trump Administration is now seeking a path toward the most sweeping nuclear arms control agreement in history, […]

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Decline of US provides a chance to reshape international law, but this can’t happen while West always sees Russia as ‘the bad guy’

By Glenn Diesen, an Associate Professor at the University of South-Eastern Norway and an editor at the Russia in Global Affairs journal. As the world order evolves, there should be an opportunity for countries to build new relationships. But as […]

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Key figure that Mueller report linked to Russia was a State Department intel source

By John Solomon In a key finding of the Mueller report, Ukrainian businessman Konstantin Kilimnik, who worked for Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, is tied to Russian intelligence.But hundreds of pages of government documents – which special counsel Robert Mueller […]

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U.S.-Russia Relations: In Need Of Emergency Resuscitation, Stat! Sober minds are finally realizing that if we don’t call for a reset now, we face even worse geopolitical consequences later.

By Daniel Larison Daniel Larison is a senior editor at TAC, where he also keeps a solo blog. He has been published in the New York Times Book Review, Dallas Morning News, World Politics Review, Politico Magazine, Orthodox Life, Front […]

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Russia wants neither ‘rethink’ nor ‘reset’ if it means restoring American supremacy & returning to Cold War diplomacy

By Scott Ritter Some 136 American “experts” on US-Russian relations recently debated the merits of “rethinking” US policy on Russia. What these specialists failed to consider is that Moscow may not be interested in their plans.In the span of a […]

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By Ted Galen Carpenter Ted Galen Carpenter, a senior fellow in security studies at the Cato Institute and a contributing editor at the National Interest, is the author of twelve books and more than 850 articles on international affairs. Over […]

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U.S. Offers $10M Reward Against Russian Election Interference

By Shaun Tandon US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday offered a $10 million reward aimed at preventing foreign interference in the November election, as the State Department accused Russia of waging an increasingly sophisticated disinformation campaign.The reward marks […]

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VIPS MEMO: To Nancy Pelosi – Did Russia Hack the DNC Emails? The lack of detail demanded by Pelosi may simply mean the absence of credible evidence of Russian interference as well as the absence of Clapperesque officials to conjure it up.

MEMORANDUM FOR: Speaker Nancy Pelosi FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity SUBJECT: Did Russia Hack the DNC Emails? Dear Madam Speaker: After your intelligence briefing Friday, Politico reported that you were sharply frustrated by the lack of detail presented on […]