يميل الرئيس ترمب إلى تكتيك اليد العليا لإدارة الصفقات، وتكتيك اليد العليا يكون بفرض الشروط ووضع الآجال الزمنية للطرف الآخر، مما يجعل الطرف الآخر في موضع ردة الفعل وضمنياً الطرف الأضعف، تكرر ذلك في عدة مواضع، منها مهلة الأسبوعين لإيران، ومهلة الخمسين يوماً لبوتين.
وفي واقع الأمر، الخمسون يوماً ليس لها علاقة بالوعد الانتخابي المتضمن إنهاء الحرب الأوكرانية الروسية في 24 ساعة، ولا تقترب من السبعة أشهر التي مضت دون حسم في هذا الموضوع، مع كل ما يمكن رصده من مؤشرات أوروبية بريطانية تشير إلى توجه نحو وضع المزيد من الحطب على الجمر الأوكراني.
من جانب آخر، توجه الأوروبيون، وعلى ما يبدو بقيادة فرنسية، إلى وضع المزيد من العقوبات على روسيا، خاصة تلكم المضرة بالقطاع النفطي والمالي، حيث وضعت سقفاً لسعر برميل النفط الروسي عند الخمسة وأربعين دولاراً، بهدف الحد من المداخيل الدولارية لموسكو، وإن كان الأثر محدوداً، حيث باعت روسيا الكثير من نفطها خارج أوروبا وتحديداً للصين والهند وتركيا.
إنذار الخمسين يوماً من ترمب صاحبته صفقات سلاح جديدة وتحديداً منظومات دفاع جوي (باتريوت)، وبعض الصواريخ طويلة المدى، حيث يبدو أن ترمب يعتقد أن قصف موسكو أو سانت بطرس بيرغ سيجعل بوتين أقرب إلى اتفاق سلام ووقف إطلاق النار.
بوتين يدرك أيضاً أن ترمب وإن أبدى اليد العليا إعلامياً، إلا أنه محتاج إلى إنهاء النزاع مع أوكرانيا بشدة، لأن لديه هدفاً رئيسياً للحصول على نوبل للسلام قبل أن يقدّم له نتنياهو رسالة الدعم، وربما بدأت الرغبة في اللحظة التي حصل أوباما فيها على هذه الجائزة.
كما يدرك بوتين أيضاً أن تيار الماغا الداعم لترمب هو ضد الدخول في الحروب تماماً ويرى أنها ليست معركته، ولهذا اكتفى في إيران بضربة واحدة، وفي دعم أوكرانيا ببوابة الناتو، وأن الأوروبيين سيدفعون ثمن تلك الأسلحة.
من جانب آخر، يتأمل المرء الوضع الاقتصادي في روسيا وانخفاض تدفقات العملات الأجنبية وكل التحديات على المصارف الروسية وشركات النقل، ووصول سعر الفائدة إلى 21%، وهو رقم مرتفع للغاية، ليتذكر مقولة نابليون «الجيوش تسير على بطونها».
صحيح أن موسكو خلال الأيام الأخيرة ضربت كييف بكثافة كبيرة، إلا أن جلب موسكو مقاتلين من كوريا الشمالية لم يكن مؤشراً على قدرة الجيش على الاستمرار بأسلحته وجنوده فقط. من جانب آخر تواجه حملات التجنيد والتعبئة الجزئية تحديات عبر عزوف الشباب عن المشاركة رغم المغريات المالية، ودفع موسكو نحو مزيد من الجنود الأجانب خاصة من أفريقيا مع مغريات ووعد بالجنسية.
بعيداً عن الخمسين يوماً، الصراع الأوكراني الروسي لا يحتاج فقط إلى وقف إطلاق النار، أو ضمانات بعدم دخول أوكرانيا للناتو، الصراع يحتاج لتحويله لفرصة لترميم الثقة بين الأوروبيين والروس، وإزالة كافة الشكوك عن نوايا موسكو المستقبلية، وهو ما لا يوجد له أي مؤشرات في الأفق للأسف.
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President Trump tends to use a tactic of the upper hand in managing deals, where the upper hand involves imposing conditions and setting deadlines for the other party, placing them in a position of reaction and implicitly making them the weaker party. This has been repeated in several instances, including the two-week deadline for Iran and the fifty-day deadline for Putin.
In fact, the fifty days have nothing to do with the electoral promise to end the Ukrainian-Russian war in 24 hours, nor do they come close to the seven months that have passed without resolution on this issue, despite all the European and British indicators suggesting a trend towards adding more fuel to the Ukrainian fire.
On another front, the Europeans, seemingly led by France, have moved to impose more sanctions on Russia, particularly those harmful to the oil and financial sectors, setting a cap on the price of Russian oil at forty-five dollars, aimed at limiting Moscow's dollar revenues, although the impact is limited, as Russia has sold much of its oil outside of Europe, specifically to China, India, and Turkey.
Trump's fifty-day warning was accompanied by new arms deals, specifically air defense systems (Patriot) and some long-range missiles, as it seems Trump believes that bombing Moscow or St. Petersburg will bring Putin closer to a peace agreement and a ceasefire.
Putin also realizes that although Trump has shown the upper hand in the media, he is in desperate need to end the conflict with Ukraine, as he has a primary goal of obtaining the Nobel Peace Prize before Netanyahu presents him with a letter of support, and perhaps the desire began the moment Obama received this award.
Putin also understands that the MAGA movement supporting Trump is completely against entering wars and sees it as not their battle, which is why he was content with a single strike in Iran and support for Ukraine through NATO, believing that Europeans will pay the price for those weapons.
On another note, one contemplates the economic situation in Russia, the decline in foreign currency inflows, and all the challenges facing Russian banks and transportation companies, with interest rates reaching 21%, which is an extremely high figure, reminding one of Napoleon's saying, "Armies march on their stomachs."
It is true that Moscow has heavily bombed Kyiv in recent days, but bringing in fighters from North Korea was not an indication of the army's ability to continue with its weapons and soldiers alone. On the other hand, recruitment and partial mobilization campaigns face challenges due to the youth's reluctance to participate despite financial incentives, pushing Moscow towards more foreign soldiers, especially from Africa, with temptations and promises of citizenship.
Apart from the fifty days, the Ukrainian-Russian conflict does not only need a ceasefire or guarantees that Ukraine will not join NATO; the conflict needs to be transformed into an opportunity to rebuild trust between Europeans and Russians and to remove all doubts about Moscow's future intentions, which unfortunately have no indicators on the horizon.
In fact, the fifty days have nothing to do with the electoral promise to end the Ukrainian-Russian war in 24 hours, nor do they come close to the seven months that have passed without resolution on this issue, despite all the European and British indicators suggesting a trend towards adding more fuel to the Ukrainian fire.
On another front, the Europeans, seemingly led by France, have moved to impose more sanctions on Russia, particularly those harmful to the oil and financial sectors, setting a cap on the price of Russian oil at forty-five dollars, aimed at limiting Moscow's dollar revenues, although the impact is limited, as Russia has sold much of its oil outside of Europe, specifically to China, India, and Turkey.
Trump's fifty-day warning was accompanied by new arms deals, specifically air defense systems (Patriot) and some long-range missiles, as it seems Trump believes that bombing Moscow or St. Petersburg will bring Putin closer to a peace agreement and a ceasefire.
Putin also realizes that although Trump has shown the upper hand in the media, he is in desperate need to end the conflict with Ukraine, as he has a primary goal of obtaining the Nobel Peace Prize before Netanyahu presents him with a letter of support, and perhaps the desire began the moment Obama received this award.
Putin also understands that the MAGA movement supporting Trump is completely against entering wars and sees it as not their battle, which is why he was content with a single strike in Iran and support for Ukraine through NATO, believing that Europeans will pay the price for those weapons.
On another note, one contemplates the economic situation in Russia, the decline in foreign currency inflows, and all the challenges facing Russian banks and transportation companies, with interest rates reaching 21%, which is an extremely high figure, reminding one of Napoleon's saying, "Armies march on their stomachs."
It is true that Moscow has heavily bombed Kyiv in recent days, but bringing in fighters from North Korea was not an indication of the army's ability to continue with its weapons and soldiers alone. On the other hand, recruitment and partial mobilization campaigns face challenges due to the youth's reluctance to participate despite financial incentives, pushing Moscow towards more foreign soldiers, especially from Africa, with temptations and promises of citizenship.
Apart from the fifty days, the Ukrainian-Russian conflict does not only need a ceasefire or guarantees that Ukraine will not join NATO; the conflict needs to be transformed into an opportunity to rebuild trust between Europeans and Russians and to remove all doubts about Moscow's future intentions, which unfortunately have no indicators on the horizon.


