Russia-U.S. Military Ties Strengthen While Political Ties Fray
Top U.S. and Russian military officers have strengthened contacts under the Trump administration, underscoring Moscow’s success in using military links to re-establish dialogue between Washington and Moscow despite deteriorating political ties.
The broadening contacts, which have existed outside often poisonous political currents that define U.S.-Russian ties, have provided an increasingly important mainstay of communication between the countries following mutual diplomatic expulsions.
