Despite Russia’s hacking of the U.S. 2016 presidential election, its ongoing war in Ukraine after illegally annexing Crimea, and its persecution of journalists and oppositionists, Donald Trump pursued a seemingly pro-Putin policy. He favored Putin’s denial of the election meddling in opposition to the assertions of all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies. Why? And, now—in the face of the arrest and imprisonment of Putin’s fiercest critic, Alexei Navalny—what Russia policy should the Biden administration pursue?

Dr. Angela Stent, is Director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies and Professor of Government and Foreign Service at Georgetown University. She also served as National Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. Her books include The Limits of Partnership: US-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century and Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest.

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