Alexander Vindman

3 weeks ago | rsn.org | Alexander Vindman

Appeasing Moscow Didn’t Work in the Past, and It Won’t Work for TrumpPresident Donald Trump’s approach to Russia and Ukraine—deferring to Moscow, bullying Kyiv—may seem like a radical departure from precedent. In fact, it is only Trump’s extreme style of diplomacy that is novel, as exemplified by the public scolding he meted out to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in February.

3 weeks ago | foreignaffairs.com | Shannon O'Neil |Matias Spektor |Alexander Vindman |Alexander Gabuev

No great power sustained as dominant a position over its neighboring region as the United States did during most of the twentieth century. But in recent decades, Washington has largely disregarded its neighbors. Since a free trade agreement with Canada and Mexico and a military initiative to help Colombia combat drug cartels were negotiated more than 25 years ago, United States policy in the Americas has consisted mostly of failed measures to stem flows of migrants and drugs across U.S. borders.

4 weeks ago | contrarian.substack.com | Alexander Vindman

The Trump Administration has shuttered the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USGM). With this decision, Voice of America (VOA) has ceased production and grant funding for other USGM operations, like Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and VOA Asia, thereby ending decades of democracy promotion and America’s ability to build influence.

4 weeks ago | foreignaffairs.com | Rebecca Patterson |Joshua Kurlantzick |Alexander Vindman |Andrei Soldatov

President Donald Trump’s approach to Russia and Ukraine—deferring to Moscow, bullying Kyiv—may seem like a radical departure from precedent. In fact, it is only Trump’s extreme style of diplomacy that is novel, as exemplified by the public scolding he meted out to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office in February. No American president has ever so publicly taken Russia’s side against one of Washington’s European partners.

1 month ago | rsn.org | Alexander Vindman

ALSO SEE: Alexander Vindman | Why It Matters According to recent reporting, Donald Trump will be speaking with Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, March 18th on the topic of a potential ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. This conversation would be the first official high-level bilateral engagement between the presidents of Russia and the United States since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine (outside of a series of phone calls between Trump and Putin previously unknown to the public).