Russians on Trump

1.2 Forecasts and Analyses
– Is Mr. Trump the Next US President?
– Breaking Democracy’s Morals: The Trump Phenomenon Makes US Politics Look More Like Those of Europe
– The America Watchers
– Russia-US Relations After the Election: ‘We Will Be Ready for a New Start’
– US Gives Another Reason to Believe Its Democracy Is Deeply Flawed
– Good-Bye Familiar America? US Foreign Policy: A Forecast Until 2024

PART TWO: ‘Black Swan’: Responses to Trump’s Victory

2.1 How Did This Happen?
– Trump Card: A Donald Trump Fan Club Watched the Unthinkable Unfold in Moscow
– Hey Trump, Come on Over!
– Actor’s Triumph: What to Expect From the US President-Elect
– Four Years for White Men
– Transatlantic Backlash
– The US Has Sneezed and Now Russia Will Catch a Cold
– In Search of a Russian Trump
– Sergei Glazyev: ‘Trump Needs Help!’

2.2 What Next? Forecasts of a New World Order
– The Shape of Things to Come
– Will Donald Trump Abolish NATO?
– Two Faces of American Capitalism
– Will Trump Tear Up the Nuclear Deal With Iran?
– How Will Russia Respond to Trump?
– What Will the Middle East Look Like Under Putin and Trump?
– Europe Turns Toward Russia in Major Foreign Policy Change
– What Are the Implications of Israeli-US Conflict Over U.N. Resolution?
– Battle of Ideas in Washington
– ‘There’s No Reset Button. We’re Either Going to Get Along or We’re Not’

PART THREE: The Story of Trump’s ‘Russia Ties’

3.1 The Trump Team’s Contacts With Russia and Former Soviet Republics
– Trump Changes Horses
– Republican Party of Regions
– Why Donald Trump Is Not a Putin Agent
– The Crimea for Lease: A Russian Trail in Settlement Plans for Ukraine
– Russian Lawyer Tells State TV She Met Trump Jr. to Ask for ‘Help’
– Kremlin Not Surprised by Media Reports on Eavesdropping on Russian Ambassador to US
– Senator Blasts Resignation of Trump’s National Security Adviser Over Russia Contacts
– Rendezvous Without Hope for a Reset
– Dancing With Washington
– Russian Ambassador Kislyak on Meeting With Trump Adviser Flynn: ‘There Were No Secrets’

3.2 Spying on the Competition: The Hacking Scandal
– Spying on Uncle Sam
– One Hack Too Far
– Attacks From Moscow: Did the US Believe in Russian Hackers?
– America Comes Out on Different Sides of Russia
– Five-Fake Report
– Watergate for Trump
– A World Without Illusions, Myths.
– ‘Dangerous but Predictable’: How Russia Spooked the World With Hackers and Prostitutes

PART FOUR: President Trump: The First 200 Days of Foreign Policy

4.1 ‘Paying Their Fair Share’: Europe and NATO
– Munich: Cold Talk
– Seducing Europe
– Munich Shows Western Elite’s Total Discombobulation
– NATO: Trump’s Burden
– The Foundation of the West Is Shaken, Its Future Uncertain
– The Whole Earth Minus the US: The Consequences of America Exiting the Climate Agreement
– How Trump Is Stealing Eastern Europe Right From Under Russia’s Nose
– The World Comes to Those Who Wait
– Macron Displaces Merkel

4.2 Let’s Crush ISIS Together: Terrorism and the Middle East
– Moscow Proposes Trump Take a Different View of Iran
– Will Tomorrow Come?
– Trump to Halt Plan to Fight Islamic State With Russia
– US Strikes Syria: Trump Is a President Who No Longer Calls the Shots
– Uncle Donald’s Show
– We Have Contact
– President Trump Pushes for ‘Arab NATO’ in the Middle East
– Trump Appears in the East
– Top Salesman
– Trial Agreement

4.3 Loose Cannons: Nuclear Policy and North Korea
– Second Nuclear Century?
– Donald Trump’s Nuclear Policy: First Outlines
– We Need an Iran Deal With North Korea
– False Calm: Why Russia Prefers Not to Notice the Nuclear Crisis at Its Borders
– Short Victorious War: US President’s Magic Wand to Wave in a Pinch
– Mutually Assured Distraction
– Nuclear Deterrence: An Eternal Guarantee
– North Korea Nuclear Crisis: Why Russia’s Attempt to Get Involved in the Big Game Is a Bad Idea

4.4 Can We Be Friends? Russian-American Relations
– Trumponomics
– No Golden Opportunity
– Russian Matryoshka: How Many Demands for Trump Can Hide Inside Putin?
– Sergei Lavrov: ‘We Are Willing to Work With the Donald Trump Administration on the Entire Agenda’
– Honeymoon
– Kremlin and White House Intent on Eliminating Negative Balance
– ‘They Tricked Us’: White House Didn’t Expect Tass Photographer to Cover Trump-Lavrov Meeting
– Lavrov Briefed Putin on His Meeting With Trump
– Opponents Shake Hands: Results of the First Meeting Between Putin and Trump
– Worse Than Under Obama: Why New US Sanctions Have Caused Panic in Moscow
– Statement From the Russian Foreign Ministry
– How Putin Expelled Diplomats and Hinted at Cooperation With the US
– After Sanctions, There’s No Way Back
– Sanctions
– ‘Trump Is His Own Person’

EPILOGUE: Where Things Stand in Russian-American Relations

– A Generation Raised on Meddling
– How the New Cold War Is Getting Out of Control
– Head in the Sand
– The ‘Russian Trail’ Saga: How Trump’s Hopes Were Lifted and Then Dashed Again
– Cold Peace and Hybrid War: How Russia Will Respond to New Sanctions
– Why Trump, Putin Only Chatted on the Sidelines
– Timeline of Relevant Events During Trump’s Candidacy and Presidency

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