Eli Lake: Biden now has the space to pressure Putin
Drawn-out arms-control negotiations can suck up precious foreign-policy bandwidth. They can also give Russia potential leverage over other aspects of the relationship.
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Drawn-out arms-control negotiations can suck up precious foreign-policy bandwidth. They can also give Russia potential leverage over other aspects of the relationship.
Biden administration can move on to other issues after cutting a deal with Russia on arms control.
An extension of a flawed arms-control treaty will allow the U.S. to focus on other important issues.
President Biden wants a five-year extension of the New START nuclear weapons treaty with the Kremlin and is asking his spy chief to provide intelligence assessments on Russian meddling in the 2020 election and on other malign actions by Russia around the world.
President Donald Trump was hastily impeached by the House for a second time on Wednesday for “inciting insurrection.” Legislators accused Trump of egging on, instigating, and inciting his supporters to engage in insurrection and overthrow the U.S. government, starting with a violent attack on Congress. Uttering phrases such as, “You will never take back our country with weakness,” during his speech on Jan 6, 2021, Trump encouraged his supporters “to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard” at the Capitol building. There are major factual errors in the House’s decisio...