Podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Andrew Weiss, vice-president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to discuss the renewed efforts to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine, the trilateral negotiations in Abu Dhabi, and what they mean for Trump, Putin, and Zelensky.
The latest attempt by Donald Trump's team to get Russia and Ukraine to reach a peace deal heralds a new opportunity to end the hostilities. It comes after multiple attempts to strong-arm Ukraine by disabling the Starlink satellites and making concessions to Russia, including the recent diesel deal. Is there any chance that a peace deal or at least an aerial ceasefire can be agreed this time around? Is Putin actually interested in an agreement, or is it simply another ploy to buy time and continue his unrelenting assault on Ukraine? How helpful is the addition of European security architecture to the talks’ agenda?
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