Biden-Putin summit: At frosty moment, ‘glimmers of confidence’

Posted on AllSides June 17th, 2021
From The Center
National Security, Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, Geneva summit

Will the Biden-Putin summit in Geneva help the United States and Russia get beyond mistrust to a stable and predictable relationship? Meeting face to face was important, both men said.

To see the alternating American and Russian flags fluttering in unison on both sides of Geneva’s famed Pont du Mont Blanc – the city’s signature white swans peacefully plying the clear lake waters below – is to imagine the two countries represented by those national symbols seeing eye to eye and finding common ground on pressing global issues.

But looks,...

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