Mr. Trump’s primary diplomatic goal regarding Russia appears to be to let Mr. Putin deal with problems in Syria and elsewhere in the Mideast, allowing the U.S. to disengage.
One proposal that has garnered positive Russian attention is Mr. Trump’s suggestion that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization focus on combating terrorism instead of deterring Russian aggression. That alarms officials in Ukraine and the Baltics, former Soviet states that fear they could become Mr. Putin’s next targets following Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian region of Crimea in early 2014.
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