Executive Summary
A major foreign policy challenge that will confront the new U.S. administration from day one is Ukraine and its conflict with Russia. The February 2015 Minsk II settlement that was to end the fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region has yet to be implemented. There is little sign that Moscow wants a settlement, apparently preferring a “simmering” rather than “frozen” conflict, where it can turn the heat up or down to pressure Kiev. This ongoing conflict and perpetual state of uncertainty distracts the Ukrainian government from much-needed domestic reforms.
Authors
Fiona Hill
Director – Center on the United States and EuropeSenior Fellow …read more
Source: Brookings