John Lough

John Lough, a former NATO representative in Moscow, is a senior research fellow at the London-based New Eurasian Strategies Centre (NEST), and associate fellow of the Russia and Eurasia Programme at Chatham House.

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OPINION: Putin’s negotiation strategy may be predictable, but he is playing it well

If Donald Trump genuinely believed that he could persuade Vladimir Putin to sign up to a comprehensive ceasefire in Ukraine, he is learning the hard way this may not be the case.

John Lough

John Lough is a senior research fellow at the London-based New Eurasian Strategies Centre (NEST).

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