"War Room" host Steve Bannon talks about Trump's foreign policy vision in MacKinder's terms, arguing that Trump wants to break Russia out of its deepening alliance with China and Iran, to prevent Eurasia from uniting against the Atlanticist post-war international order.
"We are primarily interested in understanding the essence of President Trump's new line," a former Russian envoy told Newsweek.
Diplomats from Russia and the United States will meet in Istanbul on Thursday to discuss the operation of their respective embassies in Moscow and Washington, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday.
Diplomats from Russia and the United States will meet on February 27 in Istanbul to discuss disputes over their respective diplomatic missions as the two sides continue a bilateral dialogue seen as crucial to ending the Ukraine war.
In Turkey, U.S. and Russian diplomats discuss embassy matters, testing the potential for renewing relations and addressing the Ukraine conflict. Under President Trump, there is a shift from previous administration policies.
Russian and U.S. diplomats will meet in Istanbul on Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said, for talks on resolving bilateral disputes that form part of a wider dialogue they see as crucial to ending the Ukraine war.