After the Biden-Putin meeting: Will SWIFT deter Russia from invading Ukraine?
Presidents Joseph Biden of the United States and Vladimir Putin of Russia have agreed, in their December 7 video-dialogue, to create working groups that would address Russia’s concerns regarding Ukraine’s place in the European security order. Those concerns directly relate to Ukraine’s choice of a Western orientation and its relationship with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the United States. Just seeing Putin on an equal footing and on the par with the USA and having an bilateral official…