The second Trump administration has made ending the war in Ukraine and normalization of relations with Russia a top priority. US dialogue with Russian officials has, at a minimum, opened a path to a potential ceasefire and peace deal.
However, Ukraine and its supporters have expressed concerns over the terms for peace imposed on Kyiv. A deal has so far proved hard find. Has the idea of a ‘just peace’ been abandoned?
Warming relations also challenges the dynamic of superpower relations between the US and China, particularly strategic competition between Washington and Beijing and the Russia-China alliance.
This discussion covers:
- What safeguards are needed to ensure that war does not return? Can a ‘Trump and Putin’ peace have durability…and even validity?
- How much, if anything at all, can Russia concede? And Ukraine?
- To what extent is Europe likely to re-engage economically and diplomatically with Russia after any conclusion to the war?
- How has the Trump administration’s approach to Russia challenged its long-term relationships with Moscow?
- What does China stand to lose or gain with greater relations between the Russia and the US?
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