Richard Haass
Welcome to Home & Away—or what Michael Gordon of the New York Times refers to as “Home Alone.” And welcome to the second day of spring, which officially began yesterday, March 20.
Standing by Your Man
It is not every day you come across Tammy Wynette and Ukraine in the same sentence, but let me explain why today is the day. Tammy Wynette, as many of you will recall, is closely identified with the 1968 country music classic: “Stand by Your Man.” Which raises one of this week’s central questions: Who will Donald Trump stand by? Vladimir Putin or Volodymyr Zelenskyy? Much depends on the answer.
The past week has left matters up in the air. President Trump had an extended phone call with Putin on Tuesday, followed by a phone conversation with Zelenskyy a day later. The ostensible purpose of the call with Putin was to elicit his support for the full, unconditional 30-day ceasefire that Washington and Kyiv had put on the table last week. Putin showed no interest in this proposal, instead suggesting his readiness to embrace a temporary mutual prohibition on attacking energy infrastructure.
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