from its European allies and Kyiv

Washington’s decision to broker an end to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war has caused heartburn and backlash from its European allies and Kyiv. The desire for strategic flexibility, which is as much a function of power as it is of agency, explains in part why Washington has shifted its policy on Ukraine and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO). The Trump administration has come under withering criticism at home and from Washington’s NATO allies for abandoning Ukraine and the alliance. Some experts aver that it is an “aggressor’s peace” that Trump is foisting onto Ukraine by privileging Russia’s interests and war aims, despite Moscow being the cause of aggression. Washington, under Trump, sees open-ended support สล็อต