Donald Trump’s taking over as the 45th president of the United States has made most countries around the world nervous about their relations with Washington, as well as the future of trade and globalization, among other aspects. The only exception is probably Russia which is looking to forge closer ties with the US under Trump. Trump had his first telephonic conversation with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin recently and reports suggest that it was positive and that the two leaders discussed cooperating on several global issues including fighting ISIS and Syria. There were serious differences of opinion between Russia and the US under former President Obama because Russia was seen as shielding the Syrian President Bashar Al Assad and the US was seen insistent on removing the Assad regime. Given this critical difference, the fight against ISIS did not go very far. It is not clear how issue this might be resolved under the new Trump Administration.