While Trump Brings Putin Out From the Cold of International Isolation, He Hangs Ukraine Out to Dry
We begin with the Russian and American delegations arriving in Saudi Arabia today ahead of a summit between Trump and Putin that will bring the Russian leader out from the cold of international isolation at the same time hang Ukraine out to dry since Zelensky is not invited to the talks even though it is his country’s fate that is being negotiated. Joining us is Daniel Treisman, co-director of the Center for European and Russian Studies and a professor of political science at the University of California, Los Angeles. A leading specialist on the politics and economics of post-communist Russia, he is the author of a number of books on Russia including The New Autocracy: Information, Politics, and Policy in Putin’s Russia and Spin Dictators: The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century.
An Assessment of What the Europeans Can Do to Help Ukraine As Trump Sells Out European Security
Then we look into the meeting today in Paris presided over by President Macron with the leaders of Germany, the UK, Italy, Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark and the EU and NATO. Joining us to assess what the Europeans can do to help Ukraine as Trump appears to be selling out European security to Putin is David Andelman, a contributor to CNN, twice winner of the Deadline Club Award, and a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor. He is the author of A Shattered Peace: Versailles 1919 and the Price We Pay Today and A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Might Still Happen. Formerly a correspondent for The New York Times and CBS News in Europe and Asia, he runs the Substack blog Andelman Unleashed.
Will the Press Make a Stand as Trump Tries to Bring the AP to Heel?
Then finally, as Trump tries to bring the Associated Press to heel, we explore whether the rest of the press can collectively stand up to Trump as he picks them off one-by-one forcing them into submission. Joining us is James Risen, a professor of journalism at the University of Maryland and a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author whose investigative reporting has triggered a series of political firestorms. Among his best-selling books are State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration and Pay Any Price: Greed, Power and Endless War. Formerly the Senior National Security Correspondent at The Intercept and a former investigative journalist with the New York Times, his new book is The Last Honest Man: The CIA, the FBI, the Mafia, and the Kennedys―and One Senator’s Fight to Save Democracy.