Prospects dim as US, Russia prepare to meet over Ukraine January 08, 2022 at 11:20PM

With the fate of Ukraine and potentially broader post-Cold War European stability at stake, the United States and Russia are holding critical strategic talks that could shape the future of not only their relationship but the relationship between the US and its NATO allies. But prospects are bleak. The immediacy of the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine will top the agenda in a series of high-level meetings.