America’s Relationship with Russia

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The war in Ukraine has put the United States’ relationship with Russia at a crossroads. How should the US respond to Putin?

Is Vladimir Putin’s Russia a long-term adversary of the United States? Or should the Trump administration normalize relations with Russia, and bring it back into the group of leading nations? That debate is one of the single most important challenges facing the Trump administration as they work to end the war in Ukraine and reset relations with Moscow. Critics of the administration argue that Russian aggression remains a threat not only to Ukraine, but to NATO and the US itself. What kind of US-Russia relationship is in our national interest? What concessions to Moscow, if any, should we push for in Ukraine to achieve peace? And how can the US lead the way toward peace and diplomacy?

PBS NewsHour’s Nick Schifrin moderates this vital conversation between Evelyn Farkas, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Russia, Ukraine, and Eurasia in the Obama Administration, who argues for continued US support for Ukraine — warning that there are dangers of a rushed Ukraine-Russia Peace Deal — and Thomas Graham, distinguished fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and former senior director for Russia on the National Security Council, who believes the Trump administration is right to take steps to restore normal diplomatic relations with Russia. Take part in this timely, important conversation about the road to peace in Ukraine — and how the US and Russia will share the world stage.