National identities cannot be negotiated away; but diplomacy can dilute their aggressive manifestations. It is time for Russian and Western leaders to devise a grand bargain for peace in eastern Ukraine, one that goes beyond the Minsk Protocol to address the questions of global security and arms control that have impeded cooperation on issues like Syria’s civil war and Iran’s nuclear program.
民族身份不可能通过谈判解决；但外交可以稀释民族身份的侵略性。俄罗斯和西方领导人应该就东乌克兰问题做一笔超过明斯克协议（Minsk Protocol）的大交易，以解决阻挠叙利亚内战和伊朗核计划等问题上的合作的全球安全和武器控制问题。