17ᵗʰ Kyiv Security Forum

Ukraine has become a fast, self-reliant defence innovator, urging frozen Russian assets to fund its tech sector. With U.S. security guarantees less certain, Europe must back Ukraine directly - not just in solidarity, but because it now serves as the continent’s key bulwark against aggression. A “Reverse Kissinger” approach to Russia won’t work; lasting security depends on strong democratic alliances, not deals with autocrats.