Ukraine war: Trump is not trying to appease Putin – he has a vision of a new US-China-Russia order

By Stefan Wolff, Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham

There has been much and justified focus on the implications of a likely deal between US president Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and the overwhelmingly negative consequences this will have for Ukraine and Europe. But if Trump and Putin make a deal, there is much more at stake than Ukraine’s future borders and Europe’s relationship with the US.

As we are nearing the third anniversary of Russia’s…

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