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Donald Jensen on the Biden-Putin Summit

Thursday, June 17, 2021/ By: Donald N. Jensen, Ph.D.

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Despite numerous points of tension, Presidents Biden and Putin characterized this week’s meeting in positive terms. Now, “the administration is trying to decide to what extent to cooperate with the Kremlin … and to what extent to push back,” said USIP’s Donald Jensen ahead of the summit.

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