But President Trump later took to Twitter to minimize the hack and suggest that it might have been China, not Russia, that carried it out.
Tag: United States International Relations
How to reset the relationship between the U.S. and China
A group of experts gathered to debate the prospects for cooperation and competition between the world’s most powerful economies.
China Moon Mission Brings Lunar Rocks to Earth, and New Competition to Space
The Chang’e-5 mission’s success highlights the progress of China’s space program, and growing rivalry with the United States.
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Turkey Over 2017 Purchase of Russian Missile Defenses
Trump had resisted the economic penalties against Turkey in favor of his personal relationship with President
China’s Combative Nationalists See a World Turning Their Way
China’s Communist Party is pushing the narrative that the pandemic has proved the superiority of its authoritarian model. The muscular message is finding fans at home.
Morocco Joins List of Arab Nations to Begin Normalizing Relations With Israel
Morocco follows Bahrain, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates in setting aside generations of hostilities toward the Jewish state, part of a major foreign policy effort of the Trump administration.
For Canadians Held in China, Two Years of Isolation and Uncertainty
The fates of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor appear tied to a Chinese technology executive detained in Canada on a U.S. warrant. Some hope the new Biden administration could hasten their release.
Guido Goldman, a U.S. Bridge to Germany, Dies at 83
A Kissinger protégé (and a pre-eminent textile art collector), his fingerprints can be found on many of the leading postwar institutions linking the two allies.
Supreme Court Hears Holocaust Survivors’ Cases Against Hungary and Germany
The justices struggled to decide whether a 1976 law that bars most suits against other nations allows Jewish victims to sue over the theft of their property.
In Somalia, U.S. Troop Withdrawal Is Seen as Badly Timed
Somali presidential elections are scheduled in just a few months, war is erupting in neighboring Ethiopia, and Shebab militants are still strong. The timing, Somalis say, could not be worse.