Is Dealing with Putin a Lost Cause for Washington?
Molly Montgomery, former US foreign service officer and special advisor to Vice President Mike Pence, and William Ruger, vice president for research and policy at the Charles Koch Institute, join Deep Dish to discuss if dealing with Putin is a lost cause or not.
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Ever since the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine in 2014 and its meddling in US elections in 2016, relations between Moscow and Washington have gone from bad to worse. But should the United States actively work to improve relations? Or is dealing with Putin a lost cause?
Molly Montgomery, a former US foreign service officer and special advisor to Vice President Mike Pence now with the Brookings Institution, and William Ruger, vice president for research and policy at the Charles Koch Institute, join Deep Dish to discuss.
About the Guests
Molly Montgomery
Nonresident Fellow, Brookings Institution
William Ruger
Vice President for Research and Policy, Charles Koch Institute
Brian Hanson
Former Vice President, Studies
Brian Hanson served as the vice president of studies at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. He managed the Council's research operations and hosted the Council's weekly podcast, Deep Dish on Global Affairs.