1922 Treaty of Rapallo
- Germany and Russia felt left out after the Paris Peace Talks.
- They signed the Treaty of Rapallo with each other.
- It was a treaty of friendship and co-operation.
- Following the treaty the two sides secretly established elaborate military cooperation, while publicly denying it.
- Russia allowed Germany to build heavy military equipment and train its military on its soil in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.

At the very least, Abarinov’s insight suggests that Putin will play to Trump’s sense of being an outsider to increase tensions between Washington and Europe and thus play to the Kremlin leader’s fundamental goal of splitting the Atlantic world and thus giving Russia a much freer hand.And thus, Putin who has been forced into isolation has chosen to work with Trump who has relished in the status of an outsider, of a leader against the world, exactly the kind of cooperation that in the case of Rapallo led to so many negative consequences and may lead to more now.
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