The US and Russia rapprochement?

The US and Russia rapprochement?
10
April 2025 — 6:00PM TO 7:00PM
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27 March 2025

Chatham House and Online

Experts examine the implications of US-Russia relations for European Security and the war on Ukraine.

Experts examine the implications of US-Russia relations for European Security and the war on Ukraine.

The second Trump administration has made ending the war in Ukraine and normalization of relations with Russia a top priority. US dialogue with Russian officials has, at a minimum, opened a path to a potential ceasefire and peace deal.

However, Ukrainian and other European concerns over the terms for peace imposed on Kyiv suggest peace – and relations beyond – will not be as easy as the Cold War-era superpowers might like.

Doubts over the post-conflict relationships between Russia, the US and the West in the medium to long term look to be well-founded considering the different world-views and conceptions of security in particular. Can a ‘Trump and Putin’ peace have durability…and even validity? Has the idea of a ‘just peace’ been abandoned? If so, with what consequences

This discussion will cover:

  • What safeguards are needed to ensure that war does not return?
  • To what extent is Europe likely to re-engage economically and diplomatically with Russia after any conclusion to the war?
  • How will Europe compensate for the loss of the American security guarantees?
  • How much, if anything at all, can Russia concede? And Ukraine?

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