The summit of the leaders of Russia, the United States and China Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is not expected to lead to a "new era" of cooperation, but it will create a "valuable precedent", even if it does not bring concrete agreements. Georgetown University professor of international relations Charles Kupchan writes about this in an article for Foreign Affairs.
No US president has previously held three-way talks with the leaders of Russia and China, the article said. This format can "melt the ice" and begin to turn dialogue between the three forces into "normal practice".
The FA warned against setting too ambitious targets for the first leg. The author points out that it is better to focus on a limited number of issues where joint discussion can be beneficial. Among them Ukraine, Iran, the Korean Peninsula, arms control and strategic stability.
Regarding Ukraine, the magazine assesses the chances of progress as limited, but does not rule out individual agreements to reduce tensions.