The aborted Hungarian summit between Putin and Trump reflects more on how Putin has tried to manage his relationship with Trump to gain other geopolitical benefits.
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Despite exhaustive discussions, neither the EU or the US has come up with any really substantial measures to boost Ukraine’s defence.
The Russian president has long seemed able to persuade Donald Trump to his point of view. The Ukrainian president appears to be catching on.
Donald Trump is reportedly ‘sick’ of being presented with maps of Ukraine’s battlefronts. The problem may be he and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy are looking at different things.
It looked as if the US might supply Ukraine with game-changing new weapons. Then the Russian president phoned Donald Trump.
The US president had already severely criticised the UN in his speech to the general assembly.
The new age of drones and AI may be terrifying, but there are reasons for thinking the dystopian possibilities of future war will be contained.
There are indications that the US president wants to leave Europe to fight its own battles.
The US vice-president recently said that all major wars end in negotiations. It’s a clue to how the US might approach ending the war in Ukraine.
And ‘land swap’ involving Ukraine ceding its strategically vital fortified cities in western Donetsk would be a disaster for Kyiv.
The US and Europe hope protections for Ukraine can end the conflict. But previous attempts have fallen flat.
UKraine’s allies are talking about security guarantees which would resemble protections given by the Nato treaty. So what does that mean?
The US president has announced that arrangements are in the works for a meeting between the wartime leaders.
There are signs that Ukraine, the US and Europe are close to agreeing a pathway to a peace deal, but the initial response from Russia has not been promising.
Ukraine has already seen what a failed security arrangement leads to. The West must assume Russian promises won’t amount to anything.
For all the talk of security guarantees for Ukraine, the peace being looked at by the US president looks to be aligned with that desired by his Russian counterpart.
Given Donald Trump’s unwillingness to make firm commitments at the meetings with Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders, Russia has come out on top.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with President Donald Trump in the aftermath of an inconclusive summit just days before. A veteran diplomat helps untangle what happened and what’s next.
Trump leaves Alaska summit with no deal to end the war in Ukraine.
Leaders in Ukraine and Europe are familiar with Donald Trump’s track record of meeting Vladimir Putin.
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