What Is A "Good Relationship" With Other Countries? e.g. The U.S. and Russia or Israel?
Channel: Alex Zorach
Date: 2017-01-07

Recently there has been talk about the U.S. having or not having a "good relationship" with Russia and Israel, with talk of the alleged russian influence on the presidential election, and the U.S.'s abstaining from the UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements. Here I explore what it means to have a good relationship between two countries, arguing that a truly good relationship is one where the trust, respect, and relationship runs deep enough that countries can freely criticize each other while retaining the positive aspects of their relationship.