US puts ending Ukraine war on its key national security priorities
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The United States has presented a new National Security Strategy, one of the key points of which is ending the war in Ukraine, according to the White House website.
The US also considers restoring strategic stability in relations with Russia to be one of its main priorities in Europe.
Washington wants to restore stability in Europe and believes that the basis for this should be the settlement of the conflict in Ukraine. The US is also committed to ending hostilities as soon as possible to “stabilize European economies” and reduce the risks of armed conflict between European countries and Russia.
The United States wants Europe to open its markets to American goods and treat American businesses fairly.
Under the new strategy, the US also wants NATO to stop being seen as a “perpetually expanding alliance” and for Europe to take responsibility for its own defense.
At the same time, the US administration is “at odds” with European officials, many of whom “trample” on democratic norms.
Interestingly, the US no longer sees the Middle East as a dominant factor in its foreign policy, and the Indo-Pacific region will be the scene of one of the key geopolitical and economic battles of this century. Also, in the future, the US should focus on trading only non-strategic goods with China.
Negotiations on the US peace plan
In November, the US presented a new peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, which was developed by Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev.
The initial version of the document contained 28 points, but frankly, they were very beneficial to Russia. On October 23 and 30, the US and Ukrainian delegations held consultations to finalize the document and make it more beneficial for Kyiv. The first meeting was in Geneva (Switzerland), the second in Miami.
On Tuesday, December 2, Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to meet with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and discuss the updated document.
After five hours of negotiations, Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov spoke to the media. He stated that no compromise had been reached yet, but that the parties were ready to continue working.
A few days later, Putin himself spoke on the subject. He said that he had rejected some of the peace proposals and informed that the document now had 27 points and was divided into four packages.
The NYT clarified that one of the packages mentioned above concerns Ukrainian sovereignty, particularly restrictions on the size of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the range of missiles. The other packages concern territorial concessions, economic cooperation between the US and Russia after the war, and broader issues of European security.
