Washington's proposal rewards aggression, guts deterrence, and mistakes appeasement for strategy. A freeze on these terms would guarantee the next war.
A U.S.-drafted framework requiring territorial and military concessions, reported to bypass Kyiv during drafting, tests the credibility of sovereignty norms and alliance cohesion.
As Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman returns to Washington, the arms deal tests decades of U.S. policy on Israel's military edge and China's technological reach