Are the Minsk Agreements Doomed?

... security” in Donbass. That is why the Obama Administration today is not interested in re-initiating the conflict, although it is not publicly expressing any readiness to take new steps or make serious compromises to settle the crisis either. Will NATO help? Clearly, the fact that Moscow, Washington and the Western European governments are seeking to limit any escalation of the Ukrainian crisis does not mean that Washington would be ready to use all levers to pressure Kiev to abide by the Minsk agreements. It is hard to imagine Washington starting to talk to the Ukrainian authorities in the language of ultimatums considering that, in the past 25 years, seeking to gain more influence on Ukraine, the USA poured in billions of dollars in ...