Ukraine, the expert: “Biden aims to wear out Putin. But sanctions divide the US and the EU”

A long war in Ukraine is in nobody’s interest. Not even America. Word of Paolo Magri, executive vice president and director of the Institute for International Political Studies (Ispi). Professor Magri, Biden is very skeptical of the current deal. Isn’t America really aiming at prolonging the war to wear down Putin and possibly bring him down? “Biden is skeptical, but he is not alone in expressing doubts and recommending caution, underlining that deeds will count and not words. His gaffe in Poland, when he hinted that the American goal is regime change in Moscow. , is fueling speculation about an American desire to have a long war leading to Russia and its leader to collapse. All of us, and therefore not just America, by imposing very heavy sanctions, are aiming to weaken a system of power that led to war. But a long war, with risks of escalation, is in nobody’s interest. ” Of us Europeans, certainly not, but maybe Biden … “Not even Biden: with the increase in the economic consequences that affect Europe and the USA in an asymmetrical way, the strong transatlantic cohesion recorded up to now could break, while at home, in addition to the ‘inflation, pressures could increase for a more interventionist posture in the conflict. All elements that do not play in Biden’s favor in view of this November’s mid-term. Can Istanbul be a real turning point in the negotiation? “It is too early to talk about a turning point. Surely there has been a positive step forward, at least in words, after that for a month the ‘steps forward’ were only military ones. But today the bombs continued to fall both in Kiev and in Kiev. in Chernihiv; and the cold shower of the Kremlin spokesman has arrived “. Zelensky said he is ready to give up NATO …