In all but name, the Ukraine War is over—and further NATO expansion is likely over, too. Only time will tell if Russia is content with this resolution.
By Vasyl Filipchuk, a senior advisor at the International Centre for Policy Studies and served as a Ukrainian diplomat from 1997 to 2012.
It was exactly eight years ago when Ukrainian political elites faced a similar question to today: What to do if the United States elected a president who wants a deal with Russia on Ukraine?
BY JOHN MAC GHLIONN
Not long ago, Volodymyr Zelensky was a comedian in Ukraine. He made his living playing a fictional president on television. Then, by a twist of fate, he became the real thing. And before he had time to adjust to the role, history threw him onto the world’s stage, catapulting him from a middling entertainer into an international symbol of resistance.
