Russiagate Regrets: Why Washington Remains Focused on the Wrong Foreign Influence

Reuters
January 28, 2020 Topic: Security Region: Americas Tags: RussiaRussiagateTrollsNational SecurityElection

Russiagate Regrets: Why Washington Remains Focused on the Wrong Foreign Influence

Washington, Moscow and the world will be harvesting the foul fruits of the Russiagate debacle for decades.

Lyle J. Goldstein is Research Professor in the China Maritime Studies Institute (CMSI) at the United States Naval War College in Newport, RI. In addition to Chinese, he also speaks Russian and he is also an affiliate of the new Russia Maritime Studies Institute (RMSI) at Naval War College. You can reach him at [email protected]. The opinions in his columns are entirely his own and do not reflect the official assessments of the U.S. Navy or any other agency of the U.S. government.

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