Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack,
This emerging order is the most sustainable one possible given the circumstances.
The grand strategic goal that Russia sought to advance through its large-scale military intervention in Ukraine was to reshape the European security architecture in order to resolve the NATO-Russian security dilemma that was brought about by the bloc's continued eastward expansion over the decades. NATO rejected Russia's security guarantee requests from late 2021, spring 2022's peace talks with Ukraine were sabotaged, and Russia has been unable to achieve its maximalist goals in Ukraine by force.
This state of affairs contextualizes several recent developments that altogether set the stage for a series of US-mediated compromises between European NATO (E-NATO) and Russia aimed at building the most realistic and sustainable post-war security architecture for the continent. The overarching trend is the US' formation of NATO 3.0, which refers to READ MORE AT SOURCE »
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