POSSIBLE CONCESSIONS TO RUSSIA

Agreements with Russia are theoretically possible on two key issues: non-expansion and non-deployment. But any such agreements will be of a political, not legally binding nature.

1. An agreement could be reached on the issue of not locating U.S. missile stations in Ukraine.
2. An agreement could be reached on U.S. and other NATO members’ military bases in Ukraine.
3. Restrictions on the nature of arms supplied to Kyiv by the West.
4. Restrictions on NATO maneuvers close to Russia’s borders in Europe.
5. The issue of missile defense system launchers that could be adapted for intermediate-range missiles could be resolved as part of a new INF agreement.
6. NATO could, at the initiative of the United States, announce a long-term moratorium on new members.
7. Agreement on not deploying intermediate-range missiles and other offensive weapons: not as part of a treaty, but as an intergovernmental agreement between Russia and the United States, which wouldn’t have to be ratified in the latter.
8. Address concerns about, respectively, U.S. missile defense launchers and new Russian cruise missiles.
9. Select specific areas of concern with regard to infrastructure on NATO’s eastern flank and to resolve them through confidence-building measures.