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Carnegie Institute Points to Plateauing Tensions, Sees Protracted Talks Ahead

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  • Interesting Commentary from Dmitry Trenin from the Carnegie institute on the peak of the Ukraine crisis:
  • “The passing of the peak of the crisis does not mean it is over. At best, we will be on a plateau of high tension, where both sides will continue to use various means of hard power and the information war will carry on unabated.
  • But — and this is an important but — diplomats will be negotiating on the issues where agreement is possible even now, making the worst scenarios less likely.”
  • The Kremlin has not succeeded in getting the US and Nato to formally withdraw their invitation to Ukraine and Georgia to join the alliance, and to forswear any further enlargement.
  • However, Washington has demonstrated that it will not send US forces to Ukraine even if it were attacked and facing defeat and occupation. This is essentially the same as saying that Nato will not admit Ukraine as long as Russia views this as a casus belli.
  • https://www.ft.com/content/693e9e1c-cd66-4cc2-b42a...
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com
MNI London Bureau | +44 020-3983-7894 | murray.nichol@marketnews.com

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