The conflict in Ukraine remains bogged down. But Volodymyr Zelensky received in Evian, on the occasion of the G7 summit, renewed support from his European allies and from Donald Trump who promised to do everything he can to end the war, believing that Russia must conclude an agreement. Riding on the diplomatic action undertaken with Iran, Donald Trump sees himself as a peacemaker.
The distance which separates the positions of Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky and his European allies, however, makes the prospect still distant. Can developments in the Middle East serve as a model for relaunching negotiations between Ukraine and Russia? Or are the dynamics too different? Is Trump showing Russia the way? Is he sending a message to Moscow?
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Invited :Â Dimitri Minic, historian of international relations and Russia. Scientific manager of the Russia, Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia Observatory at the Ifri Russia-Eurasia Center. Author of Russian strategic thought and culture: from the circumvention of the armed struggle to the war in Ukraine(Maison des sciences de l’homme, April 2023), book based on his thesis for which he received the 2023 Albert Thibaudet Prize. Soon published in paperback by Perrin, Tempus collection, and in English by Bloomsbury Academic.
