Brookings hosts Vice President Joe Biden for remarks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict
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Brookings hosts Vice President Joe Biden for remarks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Sparked by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014, the conflict in eastern Ukraine and the current toxic state of Russia-Ukraine relations has been at the forefront of foreign policy discussions. On May 27, Brookings hosted Vice President Joe Biden, who delivered remarks on the Russia-Ukraine conflict and its implications for European security.
Brookings President Strobe Talbott offered introductory remarks.
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Introductory Remarks
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Joe Biden
Vice President of the United States of America
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Just meeting with Putin by the U.S. president is not an issue. All U.S. presidents have met with the Russian president...The problem here is that this administration has done this in reverse: Usually there’s a long period of process, of prep work and negotiations…The meeting between the leaders happens last to affirm the negotiating process...So I could see—I’m not saying I’m subscribing to this view—from Trump’s perspective, that this is an important relationship that has gone a little bit off the rails…and that he needs to fix it...And, of course, every single U.S. president has come into office thinking he could fix it because of his charisma and persona, and it was…the last guy who got it wrong, and in that way Trump is not that different from Obama, or even Bush.