On 7 July, 2026, speaking at NATO’s
Summit Defense Industry Forum in Turkey, Ukrainian President Zelensky made the
case that Ukraine should be in the NATO military alliance even though that
country was still being invaded by Russia, so the activation of the alliance’s article
5’s mutual-defense mandate would be dicey to say the least. Accepting an
existing “hot spot” into the alliance would be risky not least because of any
immediate expectations of having to join a fight already in progress, but also
because of what Russia’s President Putin’s reaction might be. Zelensky’s remarks
can thus be regarded as partial, or one-sided, from the standpoint of a full
geo-political and military-strategic analysis.
The full essay is at "Ukraine Beseeches the NATO Alliance."
