Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Zachary Paikin & Mark Episkopos
“As the incoming Trump administration prepares to launch negotiations aimed at ending the current phase of hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, the question of security guarantees is certain to feature prominently in talks. … Moscow insisted that the United States and NATO undertake legally binding obligations in its two ‘draft treaties,’ published on the eve of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, aimed at guaranteeing Ukraine’s neutrality [sic] and rolling back NATO forces in Central and Eastern Europe to where they were prior to the 1997 NATO-Russia Founding Act. Kyiv, for its part, naturally wants ironclad measures that can ensure it will not fall victim to another war of aggression in the years ahead. To some extent, however, this is all deja vu. Thirty years ago last month, the Budapest Memorandum was signed.” (01/02/25)