Tag: Alaska Summit

[T]here were no signs of any flag of peace in Alaska, just the prolonging of a tragic, fruitless war.

[T]rump has sent a message to every autocrat on the planet: aggression pays, and Western patience has its limits. History will harshly judge this capitulation dressed as diplomacy.

The Trump-Putin meeting was a victory for Russia’s positive diplomatic strategy and an admission that Moscow cannot be isolated.

It is beyond cavil that there can be no lasting peace for Ukraine without iron-clad security guarantees.

One of the cardinal mistakes made by the U.S. administration was to conclude the summit in Anchorage with no mention of a desperately needed ceasefire agreement.

If the Alaska talks do indeed pave the way toward ending the war, this would mark the greatest foreign-policy achievement of Donald Trump’s presidency.

Rather than a move towards peace, the meetings should be seen as political performances that expose the dysfunction of global governance.

The annexation of Crimea in 2014 demonstrated that Putin’s Russia is not exactly known for respecting its international and bilateral agreements.

There must be no deal that will leave the people of war-torn Ukraine languishing in their misery.