Putin’s Play for Time
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How Trump’s Performative Diplomacy Strengthens Russia’s Hand
By Alexander Gabuev ALEXANDER GABUEV is Director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center.

By Alexander Gabuev ALEXANDER GABUEV is Director of the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center.

BY JENNIFER KAVANAGH
After a furious week of diplomacy in Alaska and Washington D.C., U.S. President Donald Trump signaled on Friday that he would be pausing his intensive push to end war in Ukraine. His frustration was obvious. “I’m not happy about anything about that war. Nothing. Not happy at all,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.

The failure of this week’s meeting in Washington to move the needle forward toward peace hinges, in my opinion, on the failure of the participants to properly understand the security dilemma they are facing.