European powers are in danger of getting caught in a diplomatic fork that has Trump commit to peace but leave Ukraine’s security guaranteed by Europe’s military.
Europe then must decide whether to commit troops into Ukraine or abandon it.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/europe-will-not-take-part-in-us-russia-talks-ukraine-kellogg
Europe then must decide whether to commit troops into Ukraine or abandon it.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/15/europe-will-not-take-part-in-us-russia-talks-ukraine-kellogg
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Committing European troops without America is very risky.
Russia might not directly attack the peacekeepers. Instead they might attempt to politically destabilise Ukraine.
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This would be a diplomatic disaster for Europe.
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This would also be a diplomatic disaster for Europe.
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This would also be a diplomatic disaster for Europe.
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This increases the chance Ukr falls.
This would also be a diplomatic disaster for Europe.
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But all of them come back to the fact that Trump is on the verge of seriously forking European NATO.
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The whole peacekeeping paradigm is insanity. If we intervene it must be by striking Russias undefended west, not by being sitting ducks in Donbas.