Al Jazeera/Inside Story: How will a Trump presidency impact sanctions on Russia?
Moscow opted to wait for Trump's move rather than retaliate after US expulsion of Russian diplomats.
US President Barack Obama slapped sanctions on Moscow and gave 35 Russian diplomats just 72 hours to leave the United States over alleged Russian interference in the US election.
Russia's foreign minister recommended Moscow does the same, but Russian President Vladimir Putin decided against that.
Putin wants to know where President-elect Donald Trump stands on the issue.
US intelligence agencies accuse Russia of cyber attacks in the recent election aimed at helping Trump defeat Hillary Clinton for the presidency.
Trump has praised Putin's leadership in the past - so will his first move in the White House be to lift the sanctions?
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- December 30, 2016
Putin’s Masterstroke of Nonretaliation -- Oliver Carroll, Foreign Policy
We're living through the first world cyberwar – but just haven’t called it that -- Martin Belam, The Guardian
The hacking is 21st-century, but US-Russia relations are stuck in the past -- Simon Jenkins, The Guardian
Russia and America's Cyber Deterrence Dilemma -- Matthew Rojansky, National Interest
Trump Must Choose Between Obama Sanctions and Putin Detente -- Nick Wadhams and Justin Sink, Bloomberg
Why Russia-brokered Syrian ceasefire has chance of succeeding -- Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
How Russia and Turkey brokered peace in Syria — and sidelined the US -- Tim Lister, CNN
What it means that the U.S. is not part of the Syria cease-fire -- PBS News Hour
The Syrian ceasefire agreement has shifted the balance of power to Assad -- Patrick Cockburn, The Independent
A good year for Xi Jinping – but trouble is heading his way -- Tom Phillips, The Guardian
Explaining China’s Involvement in the South Sudan Peace Process -- Aly Verjee, The Interpreter
Why the Resilience of Islamist Militants Will Threaten Security Across Africa in 2017 -- J. Peter Pham, Newsweek
Al Qaeda: Quietly and Patiently Rebuilding -- Bruce Hoffman, Cipher Brief
Serbia: The land of guns -- Nemanja Rujevic, DW
2017: Europe's year of rage: Across the continent, the pro-EU establishment has reason to fear the coming year's elections -- James Forsyth, The Spectator
Shattering All Those 'Norms' in 2016 -- Paula Dwyer, Bloomberg
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