Hans Petter Midttun

Trump's Article 5-style pledge voids itself if Ukraine hits back. If NATO can't deter attacks on its own members, why would it protect Kyiv?

Fifteen nations, 4% defense spending, Ukraine as founder. A former defense attaché's blueprint for the alliance NATO was meant to be.

Zelenskyy warns Russia is preparing to strike Kyiv government buildings using the fabricated "attack on Putin's residence" as pretext. The same playbook Russia used in September.

Trump called Putin “genius.” Then he followed the playbook. Venezuela proved Trump thinks like Putin—and Europe needs new allies

Ukraine pulled troops from allied training after its experts wiped out NATO battalions and sank a frigate in exercises. Russia built its doctrine around the same conclusion.

Not an anti-American position—a pro-European one. Trump wants out of NATO. Good. Let him go.

The gap between threat timeline and readiness timeline is not a planning error. It is a window.

The 18th Kyiv Security Forum named every threat to Europe. It would not say what to do about them — or about America.

Discussing alternatives to the Alliance has long been taboo. That changed in 2026. NATO is dead. Meet CALM.

The author argues that Ukraine adopting Russia´s playbook would be a strategic mistake. But the West is not helping Ukraine, and Kyiv might be tempted.