US-Ukraine rela­tions under Joe Biden: secu­rity and domes­tic reforms as mutu­ally rein­forc­ing pillars

(ZLM) The recent visit of the US Sec­re­tary of State Antony Blinken to Kyiv has gen­er­ated some inter­est in Ukraine and beyond. This face-to-face meeting was a good oppor­tu­nity for the United States and Ukraine to send and receive mes­sages and signals in the most direct way. The agenda for the bilat­eral rela­tions had been set prior to the meeting and yet the sym­bol­ism of Blinken coming with a message of con­tin­ued support (and, also, perhaps, for some “inspec­tion”) was an impor­tant one, not to be undervalued.

Secu­rity and domes­tic reforms go hand in hand

For­mally, the US-Ukraine rela­tions are those of the strate­gic part­ner­ship. There have been ups and downs over the years, but mostly ups as Wash­ing­ton has stood behind Kyiv in its attempts to improve its secu­rity and intro­duce much needed (and often delayed) reforms. The inten­sity of coop­er­a­tion and the scale of Amer­i­can support has increased dra­mat­i­cally since 2014, when Russia launched its aggres­sion against Ukraine. […]

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