Europeans are caught in a strategic trap: they fear American abandonment if peace is reached in Ukraine, so they resist peace agreements hoping continued conflict will keep US troops in Europe, but this strategy is self-defeating because resistance makes the Americans more eager to leave.
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“If they think that a peace agreement in Ukraine is going to result in the Americans leaving Europe, and that's what the Americans are practically saying, that will again predispose many, many people in Europe to be against a peace agreement, because they hope that without a peace agreement, if there is a continued conflict, and of course a conflict can continue after a war, that that will somehow keep the the Americans in Europe”
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Trump To Force Ukraine Peace on Europe - John Mearsheimer, Alexander Mercouris & Glenn Diesen— The DuranCreated: 8/11/2026, 7:51:30 AM
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