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...Eric Edelman, a former US ambassador to Turkey, said another term for the veteran leader would lead to a continuation of the west’s fraught relationship with Ankara....
...Today, the person providing PR advice for the Greek prime minister is Ed Williams, boss of Edelman in Europe....
...The theme of his discourse seemed to be that the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is the only trustworthy world leader and that the Americans are once again trying to trick Germany into a war....
...As a recent survey by the public relations group Edelman shows, trust in governments and media has collapsed in many countries over recent years....
...Moscow, the epicentre of Russia’s outbreak, emerged from lockdown ahead of a military parade and national referendum on Vladimir Putin’s political future....
...Mr Erdogan, who suspected the US of having had a hand in the bid to overthrow him, was drawn closer to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin despite deep differences over the conflict in Syria....
...Such efforts will “sap even more energy” from an already understaffed administration, Mr Edelman said....
...Eric Edelman, a former US ambassador to Turkey, said the relationship between the US and Turkey “has not been a good one for a long time”, adding: “It is predictable that the Turks reacted the way they did...
...The notion of the fanatical totalitarian citizen doesn’t survive archival research into daily life, says Robert Edelman, historian of Soviet sport....
...Eric Edelman, a former senior Pentagon official who was also ambassador to Turkey, said the S400 risked compromising systems on the F-35. “The Pentagon is in a very difficult bind....
...“Republicans on [Capitol] Hill are getting very nervous — it is not just one thing,” said Eric Edelman, who served under George W Bush. “It is not going to go away....
...Earlier this year, US intelligence agencies said Russian President Vladimir Putin had personally orchestrated a campaign of cyber attacks designed to tilt the election towards Mr Trump....
...Mr Trump and his future national security adviser, retired general Mike Flynn, appear eager to engage with Vladimir Putin....
...Referring to the man who would take over as Russian president a few weeks later, Mr Medvedev responded: “I will transmit this information to Vladimir.”...
...Mr Obama has persuaded Russia to abandon the truculent victimhood that marked Vladimir Putin’s presidency....
...According to this year’s Edelman Trust Barometer, Russian companies are the least trusted in the world....
...Dach – currently vice-chairman of Edelman, the big public relations firm – has already played a leading role in revamping Wal-Mart’s PR efforts over the past year....
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