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The question now is what Russia will do with the proposal. According to Zelensky, it is now up to Trump to convince Putin to agree. It is clear that US diplomatic pressure is shifting from Ukraine to Russia.

The ball is now in Putin’s court!

In Jeddah, Saoudi Arabia, Ukraine agreed to a US proposal to accept a one-month ceasefire with Russia.

The signs are that Trump’s tactics to hasten a ‘peace deal’ that would amount to a win for Russia are backfiring in other ways. There’s much less resistance from several EU member states – and by the European Central Bank – to flouting international law by seizing some €250bn in frozen Russian assets. That would sustain Ukraine and ensure Russia pays towards its reconstruction, and would deal a body blow to Putin’s own credibility.

Four blunt messages Europe needs to send to Trump

Europe’s leaders need to send some blunt messages to Donald Trump in language he cannot fail to understand. Diplomatic nuances are evidently lost on him, so hard-hitting talk has become the only way forward

Such a development would be dangerous for the rest of the world. The Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), to which all EU members are signatories, tries to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. If any European country worked towards gaining atomic weapons, it could undermine the agreement, so encouraging other nations to follow suit, including dangerous countries like Iran.

Europe’s Dr Strangelove moment: Is a new nuclear arms race on the brink?

Could Germany and Poland’s request for nuclear protection from France and the UK spark a global arms race?

Perhaps counterintuitively, it is on the European continent that Erdoğan’s standing could improve the most. Having failed to play the mediating role he had aspired to in Ukraine in 2022 and Gaza since 2023, he has an opportunity to leverage Turkey’s military capabilities and geographical location to contribute to Europe’s stability.

Turkey in a Trump-and-Putin World

The disruptions to the world order caused by Russia and the new U.S. administration complicate Turkey’s balancing act between Moscow and the West

To put it bluntly: For Trump, Ukraine is nothing more than a buffer state between the spheres of influence of two great powers—the United States and Russia, notwithstanding the latter’s dismal economy and conventional military.

Europe’s Critical Choices: Securing Ukraine Without Trump

To secure Ukraine and the continent, European countries must take action that Trump and Putin cannot ignore. This will require making three crucial but divisive choices on how to deploy financial and military capabilities.

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