Soon, Biden will assume the US presidency — and with it, the headache of dealing with Vladimir Putin's Russia. Since 2014, the United States and Russia have been at loggerheads, if not quite at war. Rejecting President Trump's friendly posture toward Putin, the Biden administration will change gears and approach Putin with caution and skepticism. When it comes to Russia, Biden will face a series of challenges. A sobering lesson from the past is that the United States and Russia have often mistaken the other's defense for offense.

Source: The Nation November 20, 2020 17:09 UTC