European leaders rally around Ukraine after U.S. appears to shift strategy to favor Russia

European leaders rally around Ukraine after U.S. appears to shift strategy to favor Russia


Heather Conley, this is a fundamental difference between the United States government that now sees the future with Russia as strategically stable and a Europe that generally sees Russia as the adversary beyond the war in Ukraine, right? And if the United States, rather than being, again, on the side of our European allies pressing for sovereignty and territorial integrity, something that the national security strategy continues to emphasize — well, Russia has violated that for the last 11 years, creating the instability in Europe. What I have been disappointed to see is, is that that's been kind of the framing that you have seen leading up into the release of this document and the coming release of the national defense strategy.

Author: Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Sonia Kopelev


Published at: 2025-12-08 23:45:54

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