A year ago, it would have been tempting to write off President Trump’s “bull in a china shop” diplomacy as the product of inexperience and impulsiveness. However, after eighteen months in the White House tenure, Trump is looking like a man with a method, a leader acting according to a consistent ideology — if not […]
Presidents Putin and Trump will meet soon in Helsinki. At a time of uncertainty in the US-Russia relationship, the meeting is an important step forward in clarifying that relationship, one that should be not reduced to a Trump tweet or a Putin chess move. Where it is being held is significant. Helsinki was part of the […]
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
As the president prepares to head to Europe to meet both NATO and Putin, his administration is taking pains to keep expectations low, and portray a 'steady as she goes' attitude to both summits.