Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below. *** Russia This week, the fate of Ukraine shifted from the battlefields of the Donbas to a conference room in Riyadh. Saudi Arabia hosted talks between a U.S. team led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and a Russian team led by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. They agreed to “establish a consultation mechanism to address irritants to our bilateral relationship” and “appoint respective high-level teams to begin working on a path to ending the
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