Trump-Europe-Ukraine Meeting: Selling Division of Labor and Strategic Sequencing

"Following the recent meeting between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and the following meeting of European leaders, the Ukrainian president and President Trump in Washington, a predictable US policy had begun to take shape. As stated as early as February of this year by US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, speaking to European leaders at the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Europe was tasked with taking over Washington’s proxy war with Russia in Ukraine by ramping up NATO spending, arms production, and the transfer of material support to Ukraine, allowing the US to pivot to the Asia-Pacific prioritizing the containment of China there..." References: First Principles NEO - Trump-Europe-Ukraine Meeting: Selling Division of Labor and Strategic Sequencing (Aug. 20, 2025): https://journal-neo.su/2025/08/20/trump-europe-ukraine-meeting-selling-division-of-labor-and-strategic-sequencing/ US DoD - Opening Remarks by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth at Ukraine Defense Contact Group (Feb. 12, 2025): https://www.defense.gov/News/Speeches/Speech/Article/4064113/opening-remarks-by-secretary-of-defense-pete-hegseth-at-ukraine-defense-contact/ Marathon Initiative - Strategic Sequencing, Revisited (2024): https://themarathoninitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Strategic-Sequencing-Revisited-Final-2024-10.pdf NYT - U.S. STRATEGY PLAN CALLS FOR INSURING NO RIVALS DEVELOP (1992): https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/08/world/us-strategy-plan-calls-for-insuring-no-rivals-develop.html NYT - The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin (Feb. 2024): https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/25/world/europe/cia-ukraine-intelligence-russia-war.html NYT - The Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine (Mar. 29, 2025): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/03/29/world/europe/us-ukraine-military-war-wiesbaden.html RAND Corporation - Extending Russia, Competing from Advantageous Ground (2019): https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/research_reports/RR3000/RR3063/RAND_RR3063.pdf Continuity of Agenda Guardian - Iran and Russia stand to lose from US deal with Azerbaijan and Armenia (Aug. 9, 2025): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/09/iran-and-russia-stand-to-lose-from-us-deal-with-azerbaijan-and-armenia Bloomberg - US, Gulf Pressure to Fully Disarm Hezbollah Puts Lebanon on Edge (Aug. 9, 2025): https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-09/us-gulf-pressure-to-fully-disarm-hezbollah-puts-lebanon-on-edge ABC News - US, Philippines discuss missile system deployments as tensions rise (Aug. 14, 2025): https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/us-philippines-discuss-missile-system-deployments-tensions-rise-124641077 Past for Future Guardian - US campaign behind the turmoil in Kiev (2004): https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/26/ukraine.usa NYT - In Ukraine Conflict, Putin Relies on a Promise That Ultimately Wasn’t (2022): https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/us/politics/russia-ukraine-james-baker.html AP - No apologies: Germany’s Merkel defends approach to Ukraine (2022): https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-putin-politics-berlin-germany-20b29c43618d4d711d62c07b589de4b1 RFE/RL - After Meeting Russian Foreign Minister, Clinton Hails Fresh Start (2009): https://www.rferl.org/a/After_Meeting_Russian_Foreign_Minister_Clinton_Hails_Fresh_Start__/1505696.html Reuters - Georgia started war with Russia: EU-backed report (2009): https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE58T4MO/#:~:text=The%20report%20said,into%20Georgia%20proper. Chatham House - Why the Belarusian revolution has stalled (2021): https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/02/why-belarusian-revolution-has-stalled Where to Find My Work: Website: https://landdestroyer.blogspot.com/ Telegram: https://t.me/brianlovethailand Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrianJBerletic Rumble (YouTube alternative): https://rumble.com/c/c-1459863 How to Support my Work (and thank you!): Buy Me A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/TheNewAtlas Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/landdestroyer PromptPay: 0851547235