What will Putin do? An expert guide to this week’s high-wire diplomacy with Russia (Atlantic Council)

January 12, 2022

With tens of thousands of Russian troops apparently poised to invade Ukraine at President Vladimir Putin’s signal, the shot clock for serious diplomacy is running out.

On Monday, US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman met with her Kremlin counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov, for eight hours in Geneva—but without any breakthroughs. Up next: a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council in Brussels on Wednesday, then multilateral talks sponsored by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna on Thursday.

As the tensions ratchet up, our experts parse through the details, signals, and developments to distill what this moment means for Europe and beyond.

What will Putin do? An expert guide to this week’s high-wire diplomacy with Russia – Atlantic Council

Marco Emanuele

Marco Emanuele è appassionato di cultura della complessità, cultura della tecnologia e relazioni internazionali. Approfondisce il pensiero di Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. Marco ha insegnato Evoluzione della Democrazia e Totalitarismi, è l’editor di The Global Eye e scrive per The Science of Where Magazine. Marco Emanuele is passionate about complexity culture, technology culture and international relations. He delves into the thought of Hannah Arendt, Edgar Morin, Raimon Panikkar. He has taught Evolution of Democracy and Totalitarianisms. Marco is editor of The Global Eye and writes for The Science of Where Magazine.

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