John Hardie

2 weeks ago | fdd.org | Reagan Easter |John Hardie

Despite President Donald Trump’s efforts to broker peace in Ukraine, Russian bombs continue to fall. Trump seems to be growing frustrated but has yet to apply tangible pressure on the Kremlin. That needs to change. Washington should work with its allies and Ukraine to tighten the economic screws on Moscow and exhaust the Russian military’s offensive potential. Putin’s ambitions extend beyond seizing some additional Ukrainian territory.

2 weeks ago | fdd.org | John Hardie

Welcome back to the Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. This is a special edition covering President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office. As always, FDD’s experts assess the administration’s foreign policy with trendlines of very positive, positive, neutral, negative, or very negative for the areas they watch. Although Russia has so far rebuffed his calls for a ceasefire, Trump has focused his ire not on Moscow but on Kyiv.

2 weeks ago | fdd.org | Zachary Berman |John Hardie |Bill Roggio

April 28, 2025 | The John Batchelor Show Ukraine peace talks and battlefield developments

2 weeks ago | fdd.org | Reagan Easter |John Hardie |Peter B. Doran |Matthew Zweig

President Donald Trump is pressuring Ukraine to accept a peace framework granting Russia significant concessions, including sanctions relief and formal U.S. recognition of Moscow’s illegal annexation of Crimea. Congress, however, need not watch from the sidelines. Lawmakers have the power to shape negotiations toward a durable peace by ensuring applicable laws are upheld.

2 weeks ago | fdd.org | Reagan Easter |John Hardie

Ukrainian forces have retreated from most of the territory they once controlled in Russia’s Kursk Region. Although history will ultimately have the last word on the Kursk offensive’s wisdom and impact on the war, one can draw preliminary conclusions. Initially, the Ukrainian gambit aimed to divert Russian forces from other regions and strengthen Kyiv’s position in negotiations.