Trump's Ukraine policy and the pivot east
The theory that he's just a proxy for Putin misses his real - and dangerous - agenda.
It seems likely that Ukraine would have fared much better had it negotiated an end to the war when Joe Biden was still in office. If for example Zelensky had called for negotiations in December 2022 — the last time that Ukraine regained significant ground — more than 3500 Ukrainians might still be alive. But more to the …
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