Notes and Essays -- John Brown

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Opean officials and experts worry . Jared Kushner, center, President Donald Trump's son-in-law ,   and U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff , Catherine Belton and Michael Birnbaum The Washington Post Yesterday [Nov 9] at 4:22 p.m. EST The Trump administration believes that the only way to reach a deal to end the war in Ukraine is to simultaneously make a broader agreement with Russia about Europe’s future security arrangements, officials said Monday, acceding to a long-standing Kremlin demand that the United States and its NATO allies had resisted. Tuesday’s talks in Abu Dhabi over the Russian war in Ukraine offer President Donald Trump his first chance to reassert his position as a global power broker following bruising Republican losses in last week’s midterm elections. But his negotiators — led by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law — appear to have already bowed to a key Russian goal by opening a broader discussion of European security in the...

Opinion Western troops could help defend Ukraine in a future war without bringing it into the alliance. A German soldier during a military exercise near Paluknys, Lithuania on on Oct. 28 (Sean Gallup/Getty Images) November 9, 2026 at 7:30 a.m.  EST The Washington Post By Lise Howard and Michael O'Hanlon Lise Howard is a professor of political science at Georgetown University. Michael O’Hanlon holds the Philip H. Knight Chair in Defense and Strategy at the Brookings Institution.   As Ukraine, Russia and the United States get ready for another round of negotiations in Abu Dhabi this week, Russia continues to pummel Ukrainian infrastructure, threatening to plunge its civilian population into darkness and cold, while Ukraine is realizing limited gains on the battlefield and continuing to hit refineries deep inside Russia. Although a limited ceasefire could emerge from the talks, a war-ending breakthrough seems unlikely. President Donald Trump is shifting his focus to foreign poli...

U.S.-led talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine will resume this week in Abu Dhabi. A cease-fire won’t be on the table. A Ukrainian drone crew after returning from the front line last month. Credit... Mauricio Lima for The New York Times By Andrew E. Kramer  Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine The New York Times Nov. 9, 2026 Updated 10:08 a.m. ET   After a nine-month lull, talks to end the war in Ukraine are set to resume in Abu Dhabi, the Emirati capital, on Tuesday.   The White House-led process had stalled over Russian demands that Ukraine hand over about 2,000 square miles of territory that the Russian military has been unable to seize on the battlefield. They were then interrupted by the start of the United States-Israeli war against Iran. This week, negotiators will focus on security guarantees intended to prevent the war from restarting if a cease-fire is reached, U.S. officials have said. The idea is to pan out from territorial claims to look at broader issues...