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The July 16th Helsinki summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will be a turning point in American political history and US-Russia relations. However, whether the effect on Russia in the long term will be positive or negative is now…

“Two percent is a joke. Four percent is what we should be spending. We are being played for fools” President Donald J. Trump, Brussels NATO Summit, 12 July 2018 When is a pledge not a pledge? The NATO Brussels summit was all about…

The first summit between the leaders of Russia and the United States produced very little tangible news. Still, it ignited an emotional storm that reflected polarized perceptions of the world by American and Russian elites. These divergent…

 Al termine del tour europeo di Donald Trump, che lo ha portato al vertice NATO di Bruxelles, a Londra, e poi a Helsinki per l’incontro con Vladimir Putin, un quesito si pone con intensità per i vecchi alleati dell’America: il Presidente…

Since Latin America’s return to democracy beginning in 1978, many middle class and poor citizens have found the old party systems unwilling and unable to generate sustainable and broad-based development. As voters they abandoned these…