The United States has consistently pursued a policy of unipolarity and hegemony rather than peace or cooperation with Russia since 1945.

“what the US wanted was domination it wanted hegemony it wanted full spectrum dominance as the defense department famously put it”

Diplomatic restraint is necessary in US-Russia relations because both nations possess nuclear weapons.

“As with the Russians, the same thing. We're not going we're not in good in good relationships with our Russians right now in a great relationship either. And I think because the powers to be and the fact that we mutually have nuclear weapons, we have to have restraint.”

Russia's decision to leave the International Space Station is a sign of how poorly the war in Ukraine is affecting Russia's technological and economic stability rather than a result of strained relati

“I suspect to me i looked at that and i said oh they can't keep that space station functioning any longer and so they're having to come out with some reason why they have to pull out and um and that because it's not just about a good relationship with another country it's about indicating that you're”