WASHINGTON, November 6. /TASS/. US President-elect will try to pressure countries that are close to Moscow and Kiev in order to end the conflict in Ukraine after the election, John Kavulich, US political researcher and analyst at Issue Insight, told TASS.

According to Kavulich, after the election, Donald Trump would, just like Kamala Harris would have, "focus upon ending the Russian Federation-Ukraine war" and the conflict in the Middle East, "because no administration wants to begin its four-year term with wars, whether they be direct or indirect."

"Wars suck the political oxygen (and financial resources) from other administration initiatives, so the goal is to find solutions quickly," he added.

"A Trump-Vance Administration would directly and indirectly embrace public and private dialogue with Brazil, China, Germany, India, Poland, Turkiye, and United Kingdom to coerce the Russian Federation and Ukraine to engage in direct negotiations to end, or at least suspend the war," he explained. In this case, the expert believes, "neither the Russian Federation nor Ukraine will get all they want."

"The Trump-Vance Administration might well use the threat of sanctions and tariffs to persuade Brazil, China, Germany, India, Poland, Turkiye, and United Kingdom to maximize pressure upon Moscow and Kyiv," he added. In his opinion, that would constitute an asymmetric approach without a direct pressure on the sides of the conflict, but with pressure on connected states instead.

According to Kavulich, should the conflict end, the Trump Administration could also help Moscow to "to re-engage with the G7, G20, and United Nations.".