Professor Glenn Diesen asks how can the war be brought to an end?
He says “The foundation for any peace agreement must be the Istanbul+ formula” based on an understanding what really brought about this war: “The suggestions of a land-for-NATO membership agreement ignores that Russia’s leading objective is not territory but ending NATO expansion as it is deemed to be an existential threat. NATO expansion is the source of the conflict and territorial dispute is the consequence, thus Ukrainian territorial concessions in return for NATO membership is a non-starter.”