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June 17, 2021

Ashford in the New York Times: The Biden-Putin summit “this is not about trust”

By Atlantic Council

On June 17, Emma Ashford was interviewed in the New York Times by columnist Bret Stephens on the topic of the Biden-Putin summit.

Ashford saw the theme of Biden’s approach as “creating an opening to move to a more productive US-Russia dialogue. The concrete steps they agreed to — a return of the ambassadors to Moscow and Washington, strategic stability and talks on cybersecurity — are opportunities to have constructive dialogue with Russia in areas where there is some prospect for progress.”

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