Ukrainian President announced he would pursue fast-track NATO membership, yet the application failed to draw.
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan articulated that it was "not the right time." His underlying message was: The US does not need Ukraine as a NATO member, but needs Ukraine, rather than the whole of NATO, to fight against Russia.
The value of Ukraine as a pawn has not yet been fully exploited by the US. Before Russia is exhausted by the war, the US will have no appetite to end the crisis, or stop taking advantage of Ukraine. Ukraine is the one that literally keeps bleeding.
Ukraine has been trapped in an ethnic conflict for a long time at home. Worse still, it is now in a war.
NATO has a clear standard when it comes to expansion - to gain more advantage, rather than taking on a burden. Only when Ukraine develops itself into a stable and prosperous country without conflict both at home and broad will it be the realistic timing for it to become a NATO member. [GT]
Ukraine has been trapped in an ethnic conflict for a long time at home. Worse still, it is now in a war.
NATO has a clear standard when it comes to expansion - to gain more advantage, rather than taking on a burden. Only when Ukraine develops itself into a stable and prosperous country without conflict both at home and broad will it be the realistic timing for it to become a NATO member. [GT]
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