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What Not to Expect in Helsinki

The possibility of a grand bargain emerging from the Helsinki summit is low. The Russian president will not be making concessions to his U.S. counterpart.

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By Judy Dempsey and Alexander Gabuev
Published on Jul 11, 2018
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Carnegie Europe is on the ground at the 2018 NATO summit in Brussels, offering readers exclusive access to the high-level discussions as they unfold.

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In the margins of the 2018 NATO summit, Judy Dempsey caught up with Alexander Gabuev, senior fellow and chair of the Russia in the Asia-Pacific Program at the Carnegie Moscow Center. They discussed sanctions, Merkel, Russia’s expectations heading toward the Trump-Putin meeting in Helsinki—and why analogies to the Singapore summit are misguided.

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Judy Dempsey
Nonresident Senior Fellow, Carnegie Europe
Judy Dempsey
Alexander Gabuev
Director, Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center
Alexander Gabuev
SecurityRussiaNorth AmericaEurope

Carnegie does not take institutional positions on public policy issues; the views represented herein are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Carnegie, its staff, or its trustees.

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