Putin has proposed a new Yalta-style treaty with the United States to divide Europe along pre-1997 lines.
Biden is said to have told Putin in their December 7 phone call that he would seek "security guarantees" for Putin's regime - but not for NATO or even the US.
Stay tuned.
Biden is said to have told Putin in their December 7 phone call that he would seek "security guarantees" for Putin's regime - but not for NATO or even the US.
Stay tuned.
2) The White House made no such indications of such "security guarantees" for the Kremlin in its official public readout of the December 7 Biden-Putin call. whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
3) Redux: The 1945 Yalta agreement between Stalin, FDR, and Churchill gave the USSR almost everything it wanted.
FDR had lost his mental capacity by that time and had surrounded himself with Soviet spies like Harry Hopkins & Alger Hiss, excluding realists like George Kennan.
FDR had lost his mental capacity by that time and had surrounded himself with Soviet spies like Harry Hopkins & Alger Hiss, excluding realists like George Kennan.
4) Moscow seems unusually anxious for a rapid second Biden-Putin conversation about these "security guarantees." reuters.com/world/russia-s…
5) Here's the Russian Foreign Ministry text of the proposed treaty with the United States on "security guarantees" for Russia. The language would usurp the United States' sovereignty. mid.ru/ru/foreign_pol… 
6) National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan went to the Council on Foreign Relations to comment on the Russian treaty proposal.
7) Here's a look at how Stalin exploited FDR's cognitive decline and got his way at Yalta, enslaving millions and ensuring the USSR's rise as a superpower. amgreatness.com/2021/09/18/two…
8) Voice of America reports on Jake Sullivan's response to Putin regime's "security guarantee" treaty. Headline cites White House as saying, "US Ready For Dialogue With Russia." golosameriki.com/a/white-house-…
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