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China and Russia view the U.S. grand strategy as increasingly out of focus. AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

April 11, 2026

4 ways the war in Iran has weakened the United States in the great power game

China and Russia view the latest Washington intervention in the Middle East as a further decline of the United States’ global power.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on holiday to celebrate his birthday in the Siberian taiga on Oct. 7. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via Reuters

October 9, 2019

For Russia, talk of Trump impeachment is the gift that keeps on giving

Cynthia Hooper, College of the Holy Cross

The pro-Kremlin Russian political and media establishment have grown increasingly skilled at spinning stories to highlight US political weaknesses.

Historically, the high-water mark for American dissatisfaction with government was the 1970s — the era of Vietnam, Nixon and Watergate. AP Photo/John Duricka

July 18, 2018

Americans distrusted US democracy long before Trump’s Russia problem

Ian Anson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Russian meddling has shaken Americans’ faith in democracy. But public discontent after a scandal is hardly new. Trust in government began to erode under Nixon, and it’s mostly worsened since then.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a news conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland on July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

July 17, 2018

The Trump‑Putin summit: Hired hand at work?

John Colarusso, McMaster University

In the hands of a legitimate president, the recent indictments against Russian nationals for interfering in the 2016 presidential election would have been a powerful tool at a summit. Not Donald Trump.

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