No. 194: Russia and the US election

No. 194: Russia and the US election

Author(s): Ruth Deyermond, Sufian N. Zhemukhov, Robert W. Orttung
Editor(s): Stephen Aris, Matthias Neumann, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perović, Heiko Pleines, Hans-Henning Schröder, Aglaya Snetkov
Series: Russian Analytical Digest (RAD)
Issue: 194
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2016

This edition examines Russia’s role in the recent US elections, and its likely impact on US-Russia relations over the next few years. Firstly, Ruth Deyermond outlines that due to the position of the Republican Party and his own inexperience there is little reason to expect that the election of Trump with lead to a sustained and significant improvement in US–Russia relations. Secondly, Sufian Zhemukhov notes that the Kremlin seems to think that Trump has painted himself into a corner with his promises “to get along with Russia” and intends to take advantage of the situation. Thirdly, Robert Orttung argues that Russia’s unusually large role in the US presidential election was likely not motivated by the desire to support either candidate, but rather to undermine the legitimacy of American democracy in general.
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