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The growing influence of pro-Russian forces on Ukrainian politics makes it difficult to negotiate with the Kremlin from a position of strength. Michael Carpenter, executive director of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, said this at an online discussion during the Kyiv Security Forum, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Over the past few years, we have observed that the pro-Russian network of politicians and businessmen in...

If the West goes too far in relation to Belarus, then Russian President Vladimir Putin will decide to repeat the Crimean scenario. Ted Carpenter, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, writes about this in The American Conservative magazine, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. He believes that American and European leaders should resist attempts to impose sanctions pressure on Belarus and its President Alexander Lukashenko. "May happen…

The level of US influence in the Balkans is now at its lowest level in recent years, despite the fact that American interests in the region are represented by two authoritative diplomats: the US State Department's special representative for the Balkans, Matthew Palmer, and Donald Trump's special representative for the negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo, Richard Grenell. The regional website Balkan Insight writes about this, the correspondent reports...

US President Donald Trump wants a peace agreement on Donbass to be concluded on any terms, and this is not beneficial for Ukraine. This was stated in an interview with Espreso.TV by former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Michael Carpenter, who served as foreign policy adviser to Vice President Joe Biden, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “President Trump showed how we...

Even if the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko decides to betray Russia, he will not succeed due to the powerful pro-Russian lobby among the bureaucrats and military of his country. Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense of the United States Michael Karpetner stated this in an interview with the Belarusian opposition publication Reform, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “I think Lukashenko is currently in the process of realizing his mistakes...

US President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton is scheduled to visit Belarus this week. This was reported by the TUT.BY agency with reference to Foreign Policy, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. This is the first visit of US government representatives to Belarus at such a high level this century. Who will John Bolton meet with and what questions are at stake...

The West does not have a compelling proposal for Serbia to force Belgrade to recognize the independence of the Kosovo and Metohija region illegally seized by the separatists. The foreign policy adviser to former US Vice President Joseph Biden admitted this in an interview with Intermagazin magazine. “I think that if Serbia wants to overcome this barrier and recognize the independence of Kosovo, it should receive something very concrete...

Washington made a mistake by sending an insufficiently important representative to the inauguration of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. Michael Carpenter, a former Pentagon official and director of the Biden Analytical Center, said this in an interview with Voice of America, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. The representative of the Democratic Party criticized the current US leadership for the fact that they mistakenly do not see their sphere of interests in Ukraine. “It’s a mistake to send...