The second round of trilateral US-Russian-Ukrainian peace talks at Abu Dhabi brought some small surprises, supporting modest optimism or, better said, at least modest hope for the ultimate course of the peace talks. However, the press of the Russian forces’ continuing destruction of the Ukrainian army, the near elimination of Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure, an impending financial crisis, and the growing divisions within the elite will affect the outcome. On the one hand, they place a stringent time constraint on achieving a negotiated peace, as Ukraine’s military defeat or utter collapse could obviate or prevent, respectively, any agreement. On the other hand, the press of war and its effects are concentrating minds in Kiev on an exit from the war—hence, the negotiations. ……………..
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Gordon M. Hahn, Ph.D., is an Expert Analyst at Corr Analytics, www.canalyt.com. Websites: Russian and Eurasian Politics, gordonhahn.com and gordonhahn.academia.edu
Dr. Hahn is the author of the new book: Russian Tselostnost’: Wholeness in Russian Thought, Culture, History, and Politics (Europe Books, 2022). He has authored five previous, well-received books: The Russian Dilemma: Security, Vigilance, and Relations with the West from Ivan III to Putin (McFarland, 2021); Ukraine Over the Edge: Russia, the West, and the “New Cold War” (McFarland, 2018); The Caucasus Emirate Mujahedin: Global Jihadism in Russia’s North Caucasus and Beyond (McFarland, 2014), Russia’s Islamic Threat (Yale University Press, 2007), and Russia’s Revolution From Above: Reform, Transition and Revolution in the Fall of the Soviet Communist Regime, 1985-2000 (Transaction, 2002). He also has published numerous think tank reports, academic articles, analyses, and commentaries in both English and Russian language media.
Dr. Hahn taught at Boston, American, Stanford, San Jose State, and San Francisco State Universities and as a Fulbright Scholar at Saint Petersburg State University, Russia and was a senior associate and visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Kennan Institute in Washington DC, the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, and the Center for Terrorism and Intelligence Studies (CETIS), Akribis Group.