Washington has proposed reviving long-dormant security talks with Moscow through the NATO-Russia Council (NRC),

Such a turn of events would signal a possible recalibration of US foreign policy priorities, according to reports from Bloomberg and Axios.

According to Bloomberg, the proposal to revive the NATO-Russia Council, a forum for military and political dialogue frozen since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, is a new part added to the American proposal

TGP reports: The move comes as part of a broader American effort to forge a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine and could mark the first meaningful diplomatic thaw between the collective West and Russia since the Ukraine conflict spiraled out of control.

Behind the scenes, President Trump’s envoys are reportedly working to persuade Russia to freeze hostilities along the current front lines. In exchange, Washington is dangling significant concessions, including sanctions relief and formal US recognition of Crimea as part of the Russian Federation.

This echoes proposals floated earlier this year as part of former President Donald Trump’s own peace initiative, which has received growing support among America First conservatives and realists eager to end endless conflict in Eastern Europe.

The NRC—a forum for equal-footed dialogue between NATO and Moscow—was originally established in 2002 to facilitate security cooperation. It effectively went dark after NATO severed ties with Russia in 2022 following the escalation in Ukraine, though its practical functions had already eroded since the 2014 Crimean referendum, which saw the peninsula rejoin Russia following the Western-backed Maidan coup in Kyiv.

Now, nearly a decade later, Washington appears willing to dust off this once-dismissed framework in an effort to find common ground with the Kremlin.

“The federal government is finally waking up to the fact that diplomacy beats provocation,” one senior Republican foreign policy aide told the press. “The only way forward is through dialogue—not by blindly fueling a proxy war that’s dragging NATO and the EU toward economic and social ruin.”

Last month, White House special envoy Steve Witkoff visited Moscow in a quiet diplomatic overture to reopen communication channels. According to sources close to the talks, part of Washington’s proposal includes reviving the NRC to discuss a ceasefire, with Washington floating an offer that includes not just sanctions relief but also recognition of Russian control over Crimea and other contested areas in the Donbas.