Ukraine Shifts Strategy: Giving Up NATO Membership, Seeking Other Protection

Ukraine has decided to abandon its long-standing bid to join NATO, the military alliance it once saw as key protection. Instead, President Zelensky is pursuing direct security pledges from the U.S. and other countries. The U.S. promised to help, but how that help would actually work—whether as a one-on-one deal, a group arrangement, or something else—remains undecided as the alliance meets in Turkey next July.