The Week the New Global Reality Showed Itself (opens in new tab)

Last week, I wrote about the phone call Russian President Vladimir Putin made to U.S. President Donald Trump, during which he proposed a new economic relationship with the United States. By itself, it indicated a shift in Russian policy, as did the telling cancellation of the full ceremonies of the May 9 celebration of the end of World War II. Pressure is growing in Russia for Putin to end the war in Ukraine, given that the battle lines are essentially frozen and that the Russian economy has ...