I will add that Zelensky's statement highlights a significant and failure in U.S. grand strategy.
— Fabian Hoffmann (@FRHoffmann1) October 17, 2024
Preventing nuclear proliferation is a top U.S. priority, concerning both allies and adversaries.
I'll go deeper into this in my next newsletter post this weekend (link in bio).
Zelensky has broken a taboo by invoking the possibility of Ukraine developing nuclear weapons as the alternative to NATO membership.
— Ivan U. Kłyszcz (@IvanUlisesKK) October 17, 2024
As I told a group of colleagues months ago, a nuclear Ukraine is a real possibility, which should make Ukraine's NATO membership a priority. https://t.co/19yCan856f
"Either Ukraine will have nuclear weapons, and then it will be a defense for us, or Ukraine will be in NATO. NATO countries are not at war today. All people are alive in NATO countries. And that is why we choose NATO over nuclear weapons." - President Zelensky. pic.twitter.com/yAv3RoozDi
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) October 17, 2024
I was there. It was very much rhetorical flourish. The Ukrainians aren’t daft. They know how Russia and the west would react to this. It was all in the context of a long answer on Budapest Memo and his discussion of the lesson of Budapest with Trump.
— laurence norman (@laurnorman) October 17, 2024
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