What about incorporating Ukraine, Belarus, Georgia, and Russia into NATO?
Ukraine gets the Donbas back in return for international recognition of Crimea as Russian territory.
Fanciful, I know. And questionable whether Article 8 would hold up. But advantages:
1. End to the conflict
2. Security guarantees for all of Europe
3. Repurposing of NATO from anti Russia alliance to anti China alliance, ie pivot to Asia
It's very difficult to imagine a world where Russia would accept being in an alliance in opposition to its largest (in economy, population, border, and area) neighbor and its current largest trading partner.
Not to mention that this current war would look like a sibling fight relative to what China would do if it saw a risk of NATO first-strike capabilities coming anywhere near its borders.
Ukraine gets the Donbas back in return for international recognition of Crimea as Russian territory.
Fanciful, I know. And questionable whether Article 8 would hold up. But advantages:
1. End to the conflict 2. Security guarantees for all of Europe 3. Repurposing of NATO from anti Russia alliance to anti China alliance, ie pivot to Asia