Jeffrey Burt, James Hitch, Peter Pettibone, Thomas Shillinglaw
Security, Eurasia
Trump is ideally positioned to construct an entirely new U.S.-Russian relationship.
There are few higher foreign policy priorities for the new Trump Administration than addressing the highly disruptive and potentially catastrophic conflict brewing sinisterly in Ukraine. The annexation of Crimea, as well as Russia’s continuing military initiatives in the eastern Ukrainian Donbas region, represent egregious violations of international law. These actions have had a devastating impact on U.S.-Russian relations which have reverted to Cold War levels, undermining all constructive discourse.
Trump’s election campaign promised that, as President, he would initiate an entirely new …read more
Source: The National Interest
