The Friends and Foes of Détente
The Friends and Foes of Détente
The
January 18 phone conversation between Presidents Trump and Putin
signified their quest for a new détente, and its enemies quickly struck
back.
Nation
Contributing Editor Stephen F. Cohen and John Batchelor continue their
weekly discussions of the new US-Russian Cold War. (Now in their fourth
year, previous installments are at TheNation.com.)
Cohen begins by reiterating his historical generalization that
20th-century episodes of détente—under Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon, and
Reagan—encountered ferocious opposition, even sabotage, on the part of
enemies of more cooperative US-Russian relations in Washington, Moscow,
and elsewhere, and today’s proposed new détente will be even more
fiercely opposed. Regarding recent developments, Cohen makes the
following points:
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