On June 16th, Russian President Vladimir will be meeting with President Joe Biden for the first time in his presidency after his meeting with G-7 world leaders. Russia, of course, was ousted from the G-7 after it annexed Crimea, so Putin will not be in Geneva in person. Outside of the meeting room, they will likely do their best to appear cordial, but the meeting itself will be anything but.
While Russia is still a powerful country, China is now the largest adversary of the United States. It is growing larger both in terms of population and technological prowess while Russia still grapples with the fall of the Soviet Union. The former Warsaw Pact nations are slowly easing out of its grasp as its economy, still largely dependent on oil exports, tanked along with oil prices as supply outpaced demand.
Russia is still a security threat, especially in areas concerning technology, with Russian hackers suspected to be behind the recent ransomware attacks of several US facilities. So what the discussion this week will likely be about it the US alleviating some sanctions on the Russian economy in exchange for minimal threats while it contends with China.
No comments:
Post a Comment