Hello! This week we cover the surprise announcement of a second summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, asking why now and what kind of agreement they might reach.
Putin-Trump 2.0: Hungary calling
The saga of the Putin-Trump talks is entering its second cycle. After yet another round of Trump expressing his disappointment with the Russian leader, a series of threats from the White House, and as Washington and Kyiv edged closer together than at any point since Trump returned to power, a surprise summit between the pair was announced. Putin is sticking to his maximalist demands, but it’s still possible that ceasefire talks could, this time, make progress.
