With Donald Trump under fire for defending Saudi arms sales despite Khashoggi murder, former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul said Obama administration was lenient with Riyadh and was issued stern rebuke.. While the murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Turkey,..…
Barack Obama’s New Start Treaty successfully put limits on active nuclear warheads, but these efforts were overshadowed by increasingly soured relations with Russia, which heightened the potential for conflict between two atomic powers. ... Jumping feet-first into Obama’s..…
The U.S. spends around half of the entire world’s military budget; and, after 9/11, has invaded Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen, and perpetrated a bloody coup turning Ukraine into a rabidly anti-Russian government on Russia’s very doorstep and even an applicant for NATO membership,..…
Trump also failed to condemn Russia’s attack on the United States’ democratic process. His speech left Russia out almost entirely, despite precedence set by Barack Obama. . ..…
During the Obama administration, the exposure of Russia’s violations of the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 2014 did nothing to alter Moscow’s arms buildup. ...
Russia has denied allegations that it is violating the treaty, which the Obama administration also leveled. . ..…