... this will not stop fanatics such as Schiff and Nadler from continuing to beat the drums for impeachment, as Russiagate has never really been about Trump or his campaign committing impeachable acts. The underlying issue, which was not addressed by those Republicans at the hearings who were defending Trump [
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] is his commitment to break from the post-Cold War unilateralist paradigm, which under his predecessors G.W. Bush and B. Obama, escalated a geopolitical divide between the U.S., and Russia and ...
Russia made at least three tactical mistakes after the new Republican administration came to power
When Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 U.S. presidential election was announced in Russia’s lower chamber of parliament, the State Duma, the deputies’ response was enthusiastic applause.
“I congratulate all of you on this,”
a smiling Vyacheslav Nikonov
, a deputy for the ruling United Russia party, told his colleagues, announcing the news at a Duma session on the morning of November 9, 2016.
While...
... named “American Health Care Act of 2017” could even pass to the House of Representatives in May. It is worth noting that it was not as easy to do because the votes were distributed as follows: “nay” – 217, “yea” – 213. With that, 20 Republicans were against it, and none of the Democrats supported the vote. That was an alarm signal already. And as a result, in spite of Trump’s constant Twitter posts or statements at press-conferences in support of the new bill, the document could ...
Reviewing the cybersecurity agendas of US presidential contenders
Cyber Tuesday: Waiting for Virtual Revelation? Reviewing the cybersecurity agendas of US presidential contenders
This year is going to be the hottest for the US domestic politics in the several past years, with pundits quite reasonably engulfed in analyzing the political and economic aspects of the platforms offered by the challengers aspiring to take up the top position in the hierarchy of the global leader. Meanwhile, cybersecurity...
... Republican candidates are: 1) illegal immigration; 2) the situation in the Middle East, including the recent deal on Iran's nuclear program and support for Israel; 3) Russian-American relations, especially in the context of the conflict in Ukraine.
The Republicans’ position on foreign policy is largely based on opposing the Obama administration.
The candidates’ pre-election rhetoric suggests that these issues seem to provoke both cross-party and intra-Republican controversy. It is important ...
Should the Republicans grab Congress at the approaching November 4 elections, the incumbent administration would effectively come to an end, with Barack Obama becoming a lame duck for the two remaining years of his term.
No Exceptions
The U.S. midterm elections ...
