> I'm pretty sure even Ukrainian president doesn't really care about US internal politics, only about external. Ukrainian people: maybe; Ukrainian president: a

> I'm pretty sure even Ukrainian president doesn't really care about US internal politics, only about external. Ukrainian people: maybe; Ukrainian president: absolutely not (and there's was a great example of how the two can intersect just a couple of years ago). An understanding of a country's internal politics is vital to understanding, predicting, and influencing its external politics.