Trump-Putin Budapest summit could pose threat to international rule of law and Ukraine’s relations with Hungary

By Marc Roscoe Loustau, Affiliated Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study, Central European University

The US president, Donald Trump, has said he will meet his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in the Hungarian capital of Budapest “within two weeks or so” for more talks on ending the war in Ukraine.

While plans for the summit are still developing, scepticism that any progress will be made towards peace is probably the right response. Putin’s own actions have shown how little stock he places in summits and negotiations.

Within hours of his August meeting…

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