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In Riyadh he channeled his inner Lord Palmerston
Grigory Karasin and Sergei Beseda are doing a good job at advancing the President’s interests
While Saudi Arabia has publicly condemned Russian aggression, Riyadh has refused to join Western sanctions on Russia
The war is not going as well as Putin would like to suggest, and he faces real pressures if it continues
If Russia ignores — or refuses — the proposal, the ball will then be in Trump’s court as to what to do next
There is not much room for Ukrainian leverage, as far as Trump is concerned
The talks over Ukraine were treated as opportunity to do business
Whatever motivated the perpetrator to do what he did, his actions were an attack on an intrinsic Western institution
No one should be fooled by the claims that the tournament can accelerate change in the country
