There's no reason, in my view, why the talks cannot begin right away. And do you think this? Let's put a timeline on it, just because then we can get you back here if it doesn't happen or if it does. Tell me when it's going to happen. There's no reason not to. See, there is a sense of urgency on both sides. Now that you stabilize the front, it doesn't want to come out destabilized. On July 7, which is not of this era, not terribly long ago, Xi Jinping goes to the Eastern Theater Command in Nanjing. Because there, it says, get ready for war. You must be ready for
US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are ready to do a deal, according to the historian, military strategist and advisor to the US government Edward Luttwak. The comments were made in a discussion this week with UnHerd’s Freddie Sayers, during which Luttwak argued that “a shift in the overall situation” has resulted in both leaders being more willing to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war.
The author, who has worked inside and outside of the Pentagon and the US Department of State for decades, believes that channels between the CIA and the Kremlin are sufficiently open for peace talks to develop. Following the aborted Wagner Group uprising at the end of last month, CIA chief William Burns spoke directly to Sergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence service, to reassure him there was no CIA involvement in the rebellion. For Luttwak, this implies “a certain overall attitude and willingness to communicate”, while Naryshkin’s very presence in the Kremlin is further evidence that the war could be coming to an end.
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