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US-Belarus relations continuing to thaw...
Important point
A more grounded assessment politico.eu/article/pistor…
Russian FM Lavrov makes clear that there’s no Putin-Zelensky bilateral meeting planned nor is one happening anytime soon: “There is no meeting planned. And I'm not challenging this, but you -- you cannot, cannot, I think, understand what I am saying. Putin is ready to meet with…
"If Russia is offering what it offered in 2022, it’s hard to see how we’ve moved," @scharap told @nytimes. "It does not seem that there has been much of a shift in the Russian position." nytimes.com/2025/08/20/wor…
This is one of the more sensible ideas floated in recent days… it’s definitely not “article 5 like” but it’s something. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Or more alive than ever?
other security guarantee models are discussed in this (still relevant) piece with @JyShapiro stimson.org/2023/elements-…
other security guarantee models are discussed in this (still relevant) piece with @JyShapiro stimson.org/2023/elements-…
I would say that is the most important element of Ukraine's future security is a strong Ukrainian army. There can be other external commitments to Ukraine's security, but "Article 5-like" is not a likely one of them. See foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/pathwa…
I would say that is the most important element of Ukraine's future security is a strong Ukrainian army. There can be other external commitments to Ukraine's security, but "Article 5-like" is not a likely one of them. See foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/pathwa… https://t.co/tjRyyfkEpu

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