For all that, Americans still tend to view relations with Russia as basically good.
One senior Democratic Congressional aide said the president seemed to view relations with lawmakers "as a chore, not an opportunity".
- 3. (C) Iraqi officials view relations with Saudi Arabia as among their most problematic, although they are usually careful with U.S. officials to avoid overly harsh criticism, given our close relations with the Saudis.
In a broad analysis of how Americans view relations between racial groups, Pew determined that most Americans believe that, since President Trump took office, it's become more common to encounter racist or racially insensitive views.
The "negations" here made explicit are obviously, from another point of view, "relations"; for the various distinct forms of mental activity cannot be conceived as separate each from the rest and acting in self-supporting isolation.
But in Whitehead's view, relations take a primary role, perhaps even more important than the relata themselves.
On either view, relative identity relations are fundamental.
In a recent Pew survey, 73percentt of Germans polled viewed relations with America as "bad" and 47percentt of Germans wanted "less cooperation" with the United States.
"The people of the Czech Republic will be viewing relations with Russia through the rear view mirror, but we need to look through the front screen, which is much larger".
Moscow's spoiling campaign is another reminder that Mr. Putin views relations with the West in stark zero-sum terms: Any gain by the democracies, however small, is regarded as a mortal threat.
