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Worrying line in exit interview from EUCOM’s Gen Scaparrotti: “During the Cold War, we understood each other’s signals. We talked. I’m concerned that we don’t know the (Russians) as well today...(C)ommunication is a very important part of deterrence”
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My recent paper examined the corrosive effects of Russian brinksmanship in Syria amid the collapse of trust and dwindling # of lines of communication carnegieendowment.org/2019/03/20/col…
The single most important US-Russia channel remains the one between Gens. Dunford and Gerasimov. But Dunford is retiring later this year, and Trump’s abrupt moves on US presence in Syria will take way one of the issues that has been front and center until now
Thankfully, the US ambassor in Moscow, Jon Huntsman, is extremely effective and can run point on most issues. At the same time, the potential roster of issues to be worked on is so thin/radioactive that the overall relationship is likely to remain hostage to events END
