One of the items I fish out of the general Russia Russia Russia hoopla is geopolitical strategy. In other words, setting aside the unproven allegations of the Trump-Russia 'collusion' grab-bag, and putting to one side the actual details of the "Russia hack" of the 2016 US presidential election -- leaving the residual "what is this administration's larger strategy with regard to Russia, its hopes and fears, its ambitions."
This is no easy task. The election campaign revealed just a few rules
From the blog "Friends and Foes"
Yes. Or so it seemed as we discussed back on page one.
But do examine the detail of the indictments filed today (especially the intrusion into one state's system). It's only 29 pages: