Mark Galeotti
Principal Director at Freelance
Contributing Editor at bne IntelliNews
Mayak Intelligence, @UCLSSEES, @RUSI_org, @ConGeostrategy, @IIR_Prague. Analyst of murky topics from Russian politics to global crime. Views my own
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3 weeks ago |
spectator.com.au | Mark Galeotti
Ceasefire then talks, or talks then ceasefire? This has emerged as one of the pivotal issues in the diplomacy around the war in Ukraine, even if one could question just how genuine both sides are in their respective positions. The proposed talks in Istanbul on Thursday may help clarify matters, but both sides seem more committed to appeasing the White House than talking peace.
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3 weeks ago |
spectator.co.uk | Mark Galeotti
Ceasefire then talks, or talks then ceasefire? This has emerged as one of the pivotal issues in the diplomacy around the war in Ukraine, even if one could question just how genuine both sides are in their respective positions. The proposed talks in Istanbul on Thursday may help clarify matters, but both sides seem more committed to appeasing the White House than talking peace.
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4 weeks ago |
spectator.co.uk | Mark Galeotti
It was almost like old times, but also a sign of the new. Vladimir Putin’s Victory Day parade passed off without a hitch, rumbling and squeaking with armour, untroubled by Ukrainian drones, and watched over by foreign leaders there in a sign of support. Yet the efforts made to ensure the parade ran smoothly, the nature of the guest list, and Putin’s rhetoric all highlighted the new times.
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1 month ago |
thespectator.com | Mark Galeotti
So the on-again-off-again US-Ukrainian resources deal has been signed. It is perhaps appropriate that it was done without fanfare, marked by emailed press release. While its terms are rather better than originally mooted, it still shows not that “the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign, and prosperous Ukraine” as US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent put it, but to neo-colonial exploitation.
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1 month ago |
thespectator.com | Mark Galeotti
So the on-again-off-again US-Ukrainian resources deal has been signed. It is perhaps appropriate that it was done without fanfare, marked by emailed press release. While its terms are rather better than originally mooted, it still shows not that “the Trump administration is committed to a peace process centered on a free, sovereign and prosperous Ukraine” as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent put it, but to neocolonial exploitation.
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