The Darkness Ahead: Where The Ukraine War Is Headed

This paper examines the likely trajectory of the Ukraine war moving forward.1 I will address two main questions :  First, is a meaningful peace agreement possible?  My answer is no. We are now in a war where both sides – Ukraine and the West on one side and Russia on the other – see each other as an existential threat that must be defeated. Given maximalist objectives all around, it is almost impossible to reach a workable peace treaty. Moreover, the two sides have irreconcilable differences regarding territory and Ukraine’s…

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NATO Secretary General with the President of Ukraine 

  Joint press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the NATO Summit in Washington, D.C., 11 July 2024. Good afternoon, President Zelenskyy, dear Volodymyr, It is great to see you again. And welcome to the NATO Summit. It’s always a pleasure to meet with you, but in particular when we meet at a NATO Summit where Allies are so eager to demonstrate their strong support to you and to the people of Ukraine.  And let me pay tribute to your inspirational…

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Donald Trump has ‘detailed plans’ to stop Ukraine war, Viktor Orban claims

Πολύ προσοχή στο εξής : Trump has ‘detailed plans’ to end Ukraine war, Orban claims Hungarian president also tells EU leaders in letter that the conflict would ‘radically intensify’ in the near future  Donald Trump has “detailed and well-founded plans” for ending the war in Ukraine, Viktor Orban, the Hungarian president, has claimed in a letter to EU leaders. Mr Orban, who is at the centre of a major row in the EU over his recent meeting with Vladimir Putin, said Trump would “immediately” begin work as an international mediator,…

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Orban says Trump’s ‘going to solve it!’ during Ukraine ‘peace mission’

Viktor Orban met Donald Trump in Florida in the latest leg of his controversial “peace mission” for Ukraine, saying the former president is “going to solve it!” in reference to the war. “We discussed ways to make peace. The good news of the day: he’s going to solve it!,” Mr Orban said, as he hailed his “peace mission 5.0”. “Thank you Viktor,” Trump replied on social media. “There must be PEACE, and quickly. Too many people have died in a war that should have never started!” he added. Mr Orban,…

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Prof John Mearsheimer NATO Declares Ukraine s Membership Irreversible

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban departed the NATO summit in Washington, D.C., on Thursday to meet with Donald Trump in Florida. The New York Times first broke the story, citing a Trump campaign official and a person close to the former president. The report did not indicate what the pair would discuss at this impromptu meeting, but Orban has crisscrossed the globe over the past week after assuming the role as president of the European Union.  Orban arrived in the U.S. this week to attend the multi-day NATO summit, which…

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Prof. John Mearsheimer: Ukraine Collapsing

Prof. John Mearsheimer  : On 11 July 2024, I talked with Judge Napolitano on his podcast — “Judging Freedom” — about Ukraine’s dire situation on the battlefield and its bleak political future. We also discussed the two blockbuster stories involving Israel that came out this past week. The first is the Ha’aretz story that Israel employed the so-called “Hannibal Doctrine” on October 7, which Israel and its defenders in the West had long denied, while smearing those who argued that the doctrine was at play on that fateful day. The…

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Pyongyang Says It Will Send Troops to Ukraine Within a Month

Step-by-step, #WW3 is escalating But we hope as well estimate, that the whole situation would de-escalate!   North Korea says it will send troops to Ukraine to fight alongside Russia. The defense pact signed between Russia and North Korea on June 19, 2024, includes a provision for mutual military assistance in the event of war. Shortly after the pact was signed, North Korea announced plans to send a military engineering unit to support Russian forces in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, with deployment expected within the next month. This development follows a recent…

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