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“The energy market is the largest market the world has ever known,” says John Kerry, co–executive chairman of Galvanize Climate Solutions and former U.S. secretary of state and special presidential envoy for climate. Kerry discusses the challenges of modernizing the United States' energy infrastructure, noting that the country lacks a unified national grid. He identifies political barriers as the primary obstacle to infrastructure reform, citing incumbent market players resistant to competition

"Vladimir Putin has maintained his maximalist positions on Ukraine,” says Liana Fix, senior fellow for Europe at CFR, following Ukraine’s agreement to an amended peace proposal. Fix notes that Russia’s attacks on Ukraine, coming directly after weekend talks in Geneva, suggest that it might be difficult to get Putin to the negotiating table. She emphasizes that achieving a just and fair peace deal will require increased pressure from the United States and Europe on Russia in the coming months, in