How the US and EU Can Make the Kremlin Rethink Its Options in Ukraine's Donbas
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Date
2018
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Haran, Oleksii
Burkovsky, Petro
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Before Donald Trump’s ascension to power, Washington, Berlin, and Paris were
essentially on the same policy page toward pacifying the conflict in Donbas. The broad
aim was to contain the violence and facilitate direct talks between Moscow and Kyiv.
The Trump administration’s track toward Russia and Donbas has been disjointed, but
lately it appears to involve more sanctions as well as arming Ukraine. Top advisors and
members of the new U.S. administration, such as Henry Kissinger and Kurt Volker, have
advocated ideas from giving Russia leeway to being far more assertive. Key European
leaders have mixed views about these tactics. What is clear is that the peace process to
date has not been a success and the floated plan for allowing local elections in Donbas
under UN peacekeepers does not look viable at the present time. As Washington
continues to formulate its stratagems toward Russia and Ukraine, Western solidarity is
the most potent feature that would make Moscow (re)consider its options in Donbas,
and the wealth of knowledge that European negotiators have about the particulars of the
Donbas situation should not be discounted.
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politology, Donbas, European Union, USA, Russia, Ukraine, article
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Haran O. How the US and EU Can Make the Kremlin Rethink Its Options in Ukraine's Donbas [electronic resourse] / Oleхiy Haran, Petro Burkovsky // PONARS Eurasia Policy Memo. - Electronic data. - 2018. - April. - No. 521. - P. 1-6. - Mode of access: Internet. - Title from the screen (viewed 07.12.2018).