Political analyst Joe Siracusa says US President Trump will provide “moral support” in his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Trust in diplomacy has been deeply undermined, making greater reliance on military might inevitable. Meanwhile, America’s leaders are more focused on declaring war at home than deterring it abroad.

We’ve modeled too many of our current public diplomacy institutions after traditional radio, cable, and television networks in the belief that we need to control the pipes to deliver the message.

The Trump administration opted for a military solution to weaken Iran's nuclear ambitions, but diplomacy is the only tested way to make this deterrence permanent.