The United States is adjusting its foreign policy priorities, which significantly impacts its position on Russia’s war against Ukraine. Under current circumstances, Washington seeks to redistribute its resources among various global crises, and the issue of Ukraine is gradually ceasing to be an unconditional priority for the American administration. This opinion was expressed by economist and financial analyst Oleksiy Kusch.
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U.S. Strategic Burden and the “Three-Body Configuration”
According to the expert, the U.S. is currently simultaneously engaged in three large-scale conflicts: the confrontation with China in the Indo-Pacific region, with Iran in the Middle East, and with Russia in Europe. Oleksiy Kusch describes this situation as a “three-body configuration,” in which, he says, it is impossible to find a stable solution. This distribution of resources creates an excessive strategic burden for the United States.
“One could say from the logic of the three bodies, this aporia has no logical resolution. They want to simplify it to a two-body problem. In their hierarchy of values, the territorial losses of Ukraine seem trivial and insignificant to them. That is, for them, these are some concessions that they believe can be made,” Kusch believes.
Washington’s Pragmatic Approach to the Ukrainian Issue
In practice, this manifests in Washington’s desire to reduce its own involvement in the war in Ukraine to have more resources for deterring China and Iran, which, according to American leadership, pose a long-term and serious threat. This is precisely what the expert explains as the increased pressure on Kyiv and a more cautious U.S. position during trilateral consultations involving Ukraine, Russia, and the United States.
Oleksiy Kusch emphasizes that this is not about emotional or value-based decisions. In his view, Washington is acting pragmatically, addressing its own “technical tasks” within the broader context of global politics.