In exchange, Ukraine gets what no amount of Western political pressure can deliver: assured oil and diesel for delivery in the upcoming year, financial aid, missile interceptors, and long-term cooperation with investments in Ukrainian technology.
These alliances could help transition Ukraine from a country dependent on Western fuels to one with a diverse energy mix. They make Ukraine a provider of security services globally, using combat experience as a tool of geopolitical clout.
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Trump came into office thinking that he had every card in negotiations over Ukraine’s future. For the last few months, Zelensky has been telling the opposite story. His strategy – forging partnerships, deploying military expertise, catalyzing mobilization across Europe – has helped produce a geopolitical reality in which American ambivalence accelerates rather than inhibits the emergence of alternative security architectures.
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