Israel and Russia: A Crisis Brews for Trump
2017-03-27
Putin might negotiate, but he will not back off his bottom line of maintaining a solid Russian presence in Syria, his primary interest from the start of the upheavals there. Netanyahu, for his part, will need to be convinced that Iranian influence on Israel’s borders is being mitigated by Moscow’s restraint. Trump will need to work to satisfy these competing interests while also working to show he can take on ISIS. A delicate and difficult task indeed, and neither delicate nor difficult has proven to be Trump’s forte.Continue Reading