Matthew Rojansky, National Interest: This Is How the G-20 Summit Helped Trump and Putin Claim Victories
Don't anticipate a swift improvement in the largely dysfunctional U.S.-Russia relationship. For Putin, the dysfunction is useful for domestic politics.
The much anticipated first face-to-face meeting between Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin has taken place on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Hamburg, Germany. The two presidents met for over two hours, with only translators and their respective chief diplomats—Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov—joining them. Despite its length, the meeting’s narrow agenda, which Tillerson himself called transactional, also underscores the continuing dysfunction in U.S.-Russia relations.
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Commentaries, Analysis And Editorials -- July 7, 2017
The Trump-Putin Meeting: No More than Baby Steps -- Nikolas K. Gvosdev, National Interest
Iran’s Collision Course With the G20 Summit -- August Hanning, RCD
The Saudi-American-Iranian-Russian-Qatari-Syrian Conundrum -- Dilip Hiro, RCW
Netanyahu’s bad call on the Western Wall -- Noga Tarnopolsky, Reuters
Kyrgyzstan: A Bellwether for China-Russia Relations -- Stratfor
Chinese, Russian media lock arms to challenge Western press -- Zi Yang, Asia Times
US must have stomach for sanctions on Pyongyang and Beijing -- Grant Newsham, Asia Times
The Rubicon Is Crossed in North Korea -- Charles Krauthammer, NRO
What Is Stopping a War With North Korea? -- Krishnadev Calamur, The Atlantic
Author Fiston Mwanza Mujila: 'Europe has the wrong idea about Africa' -- Sabine Kieselbach, DW
The myth of Britain’s decline -- Robert Tombs, Spectator
Now is the summer of Britain’s discontent -- John Lloyd, Reuters
Spain's Looming Constitutional Crisis: Why America Should Care -- Dave Marti, National Interest
Argentina's Mauricio Macri Should Be Getting Nervous -- Mac Margolis, Bloomberg
Scariest Thing About Cyberwarfare: No Rules of Engagement -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
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