Assessing the United States and Russia Relationship under Donald Trump’s Presidency

Abstract

The world witnessed a Cold War that changed many political and economic issues. The relationship between the US and Russia suffered from several ups and downs. The Cold War ended with the decline of the USSR, which made Russia entering new challenge to recover its power. Additionally, the reset policy which was launched by Obama allowed the two leaders to achieve a breakthrough on a number of controversial issues. However, 2012 highlighted the improvement in the bilateral relations, then, Russia wanted to take control over Ukraine, consequently, the US meted penalties against Russia. Next, Russia interfered in Syria. Also, Russia intervened in the 2016 US election, spying and hacking were the tools it used to damage Hillary Clinton. This whole struggle is called the New Cold War, in fact it still debatable whether this war had already started, or will start in the near future.