Will the U.S.’s changed Ukraine policy end the Russia-Ukraine war?
On February 18, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Riyadh. This was a dramatic reversal of the previous U.S. administration’s policy of not having peace talks with Russia since the beginning of Russia’s war with Ukraine in February 2022. The reversal took place because of Donald Trump’s election campaign, in which he called for “ending the war in Ukraine”. Since taking office, President Trump has spoken on phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is also criticised on the platform Truth Social. Will the U.S.’s changed Ukraine policy end the Russia-Ukraine war? Kanwal Sibal and Anuradha Chenoy discuss the question in a conversation moderated by Kallol Bhattacherjee. Edited excerpts:
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