Making or breaking NATO: End of Russia-Ukraine war could signal new beginning for Europe

Published February 21, 2025 5:05am ET



President Donald Trump’s phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 12 marked the beginning of the end of the three-year war in Ukraine. It also opened a new phase in America’s trans-Atlantic relations. We shall soon discover whether it also means the beginning of the end for NATO and the further destabilization of a Europe unwilling to defend itself, or a rebalancing in which a revitalized Europe buttresses the Trump administration’s global strategy.

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