How to Arm Ukraine for Negotiations For a Durable Peace
For a Durable Peace, Trump Must Get the Order of Talks Right
I published this article in Foreign Affairs today. Link to the full article is here: https://www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/how-arm-ukraine-negotiations
I agree that your sequencing of negotiations is the correct path. Unfortunately, it requires competent and trustworthy negotiators on our side to have any chance of success. The Trump administration has neither (except for General Keith Kellogg).
The sad fact is that even if by some miracle competent negotiators did appear, Trump would backslide and flip-flop. No agreement is ever permanent with him.
Ukraine and its allies must hold on until the correlation of political forces in the U.S. changes, and new leaders are in place who can negotiate competently and reliably. That's a tall order, but that's the situation we face.
why will this article not open on my computer?