Who ate all the Minsk pies?

US-Belarus negotiations and the latest prisoner releases, and what it means for European policy.

America considers letting Lukashenka get up off the naughty step. A comment on Belarus-US relations and sanctions.

A little more about the Trump-Putin Alaska summit happening today. Dashed off over lunch.

Trump still likes Putin, even if the Russian president is making life harder for the White House to maintain its stance on Ukraine.

A US delegation went to Minsk. It gave Lukashenka a photo opportunity, the US something to crow about, and caused a headache for everyone else.

Will Trump's personal ambitions clash with the architects of US strategy? Is that strategy founded on good premises?

A postscript to my previous post. Plus a comment on a submission to the International Criminal Court about Belarus and Georgia's election.