Lula fears confronting Trump because he is concerned about the possibility of U.S. interference in Brazil’s elections, which will take place in October.
The entire visit should be seen as a charm offensive to win Trump over to what appears to be the most important thing for the European elites: Ukraine
The Yerevan summit appears not as a milestone but as a failed maintenance operation, a necessary rite to reaffirm the plausibility of a project whose practical limits have long since been reached.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE are both very much victims of the war, but each has an entirely different approach to finding a working solution – if the Trump-Iran deal holds.
The war in Ukraine has entered a phase in which truces no longer resemble a bridge to peace, but rather a parallel battlefield.
The escalation trap seems to be pulling Donald Trump deeper and deeper into the quicksand of the Iran war.
The fundamental question is whether Europe can survive the energy crisis without permanently losing its industrial base and its position in the international economic system.
A ceasefire is likely to be violated, but depending on the severity of the violation, the cost for Kiev will be high.
