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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly acknowledged in December that NATO membership, a cornerstone of his country’s strategic aspirations since the first Russian invasion in 2014, is no longer a realistic goal. Instead, Ukrainian and European leaders are focused on a more pragmatic objective: securing a cease-fire that provides enough breathing space to rebuild military capabilities sufficient to deter future Russian aggression. “Ukraine must become a steel porcupine, undigestible for potential invaders,” as European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen put it recently.
As U.S. allies and partners adapt to the revolution in U.S. foreign policy under Trump, one word best captures the grim strategic calculus they now confront: porcupine.
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