The idea that Russia can be counted on as an ally of the United States in its war against terrorism is a dangerous illusion.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/russia-fsu/2016-12-22/putin-no-partner-terrorism
Eigentlich haben sich Russland und die USA zur nuklearen Abrüstung verpflichtet. Von Putin und Trump kommen nun aber Töne, die sich auch anders interpretieren lassen.
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/weltpolitik-trump-und-putin-verschaerfen-atom-rhetorik-1.3307782
Just because America cannot stop every horror does not absolve us of the responsibility of using our great power to end the worst injustices where we can.
The latest evidence tying the DNC breach to Russian intelligence is not convincing.
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-12-22/why-i-still-don-t-buy-the-russian-hacking-story
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/22/opinion/investigate-russian-hacking-the-right-way.html?_r=0
For the first time in four decades, the United States is an irrelevance in the Middle East.
Die Russen sehnen sich nach dem Imperium zurück – mit einer bunt gemischten Ideologie, in der auch Sowjet-Elemente ihren Platz haben.
http://www.zeit.de/2016/51/russland-geschichte-sowjetunion
The Soviet Union Is Gone, But It’s Still Collapsing « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/22/the-unlearned-lessons-from-the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union/
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/we-must-stand-up-to-putins-gangster-state-lclxflz9j
When Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin met at the Group of 20 summit in Mexico in 2012, Europe was reeling from the Greek debt crisis and the Arab world was aflame from Libya to Syria.