Should Trump Disengage From Peace Efforts in Ukraine?

As Trump sours on Putin, experts debate the proper course of action for the administration moving forward.

Please join the Quincy Institute for a web discussion of the Trump administration's difficult choices in its attempts to settle the war in Ukraine:

Jennifer Kavanagh, senior fellow & director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, recently published an article in UnHerd arguing that the United States has done all it can to end the war and has already secured its most critical interests of preventing Ukraine's full occupation and avoiding direct conflict with Russia.

George Beebe, director of the Grand Strategy program at the Quincy Institute, argues that stepping away from a lead role in peace talks would lead to bad outcomes for all parties involved, including the United States. Rather than walk away, Trump should refocus his aim away from an early ceasefire and toward reaching an interim agreement on the framework for a peace settlement. 
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Join us for a timely and important discussion with:

Jennifer Kavanagh

Jennifer Kavanagh is a senior fellow & director of military analysis at Defense Priorities. Kavanagh’s research focuses on U.S. military strategy, force structure and defense budgeting, and U.S. military deployments and interventions. Previously, she was a senior fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 

George Beebe

George Beebe is director of grand strategy at the Quincy Institute. He spent more than two decades in government as an intelligence analyst, diplomat, and policy advisor, including as director of the CIA’s Russia analysis, director of the CIA’s Open Source Center, and as a staff advisor on Russia matters to Vice President Cheney.

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos (Moderator)

Kelley Beaucar Vlahos is a senior advisor at the Quincy Institute and editorial director of its online magazine, Responsible Statecraft. Previously she served as executive editor managing editor, and longtime foreign policy/national security writer at the American Conservative magazine.  
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