Transatlantic TakePresident Putin is benefitting from the present hostilities with the West, so last week’s attempts by some European leaders and Donald Trump to ease tensions are doomed to fail. In the coming years, the West should expect estrangement from Russia, at best, and hostilities, at worst. The key question for European and U.S. leaders is whether they can commit to a policy that seeks not partnership or friendship but careful restraint.
Russia is making trouble just as the West is seeking to rebuild ties. In Brussels, last week’s summit of European leaders was supposed to begin the conversation on rolling …read more
Sorry West, Russia’s Just Not That Into You: Preparing for Long-Term Estrangement
