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Summitgate and the Campaign vs. ‘Peace’ Summitgate and the Campaign vs. ‘Peace’
Not surprisingly, Trump’s meetings with NATO and Putin are being portrayed as ominous events by Russiagaters.
Jul 11, 2018 / Audio / Stephen F. Cohen
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Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit? Who’s Afraid of a Trump-Putin Summit?
If it actually occurs, never in the 75-year history of such US-Russian meetings will an American president have had so much opposition and so little support at home.
Jun 27, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Red Square in Moscow](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/moscow-kremlin-ap-img.jpg)
Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence Russiagate’s ‘Core Narrative’ Has Always Lacked Actual Evidence
The unprecedented allegation that the Kremlin “attacked America” and “colluded” with its president in order to elect him is based on two documents devoid of facts or logic.
Jun 20, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Trump Putin Vietnam](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/trump-putin-vietnam-ap-img.jpg)
The Necessity of a Trump-Putin Summit The Necessity of a Trump-Putin Summit
Ten ways the new US-Russian Cold War is increasingly becoming more dangerous than the one we survived.
Jun 6, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Putin Annual Address](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/PutinAnnualAddress-ap-img.jpg)
Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia Debasing US Policy Discourse About Russia
Is Putin really a “pariah” and Russia “isolated from the international community”?
May 30, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Stefan Halper Youtube](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Stefan-halper-youtube-img.jpg)
Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts Intel ‘Informants’ and ‘Suspicious Contacts’ Echo Dark Pasts
McCarthyism and firsthand recollections of Soviet surveillance practices.
May 23, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
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Who Is Responsible for the New US-Russian Cold War? Who Is Responsible for the New US-Russian Cold War?
A discussion of the Stephen F. Cohen–Michael McFaul debate.
May 16, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
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America’s Collusion With Neo-Nazis America’s Collusion With Neo-Nazis
Neo-fascists play an important official or tolerated role in US-backed Ukraine.
May 2, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Red Square in Moscow](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/moscow-kremlin-ap-img.jpg)
Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia Forgotten Truths: On the Imperative of Cooperating With—Not Criminalizing—Russia
Cooperation with Moscow remains vital for American national security, but “Russiagate” allegations, now codified in a DNC lawsuit, are making that decades-long pursuit a crime.
Apr 25, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen
![Red Square in Moscow](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/moscow-kremlin-ap-img.jpg)
‘Russiagate’ Allegations Continue to Escalate the Danger of War With Russia ‘Russiagate’ Allegations Continue to Escalate the Danger of War With Russia
Incessant Kremlin-baiting of President Trump is risking a Cuban missile–like crisis that he, unlike JFK in 1962, may not be permitted to resolve peacefully.
Apr 18, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen