I’ve been reaching out to a large number of Russian academics asking them who they think is responsible for the war on Ukraine and how they think it should end.
The problem with your plan is that it doesn't have any credible enforcement mechanism. Even if Russia goes along with what you propose in the short run (a HUGE if), there's no reason to think that it will actually abide by the agreement in the longer run. And I'm afraid that the persistent lack of understanding of what Russia's really after has already put us well on the path to World War III. Not because we gave Ukraine too much but because we gave it too little.
Here's my take, as the author of Games and Information (no Russian translation, but there are two Chinese ones, Taiwan and Mainland): https://ericrasmusen.substack.com/p/a-ukrainian-bargaining-strategy-for
The problem with your plan is that it doesn't have any credible enforcement mechanism. Even if Russia goes along with what you propose in the short run (a HUGE if), there's no reason to think that it will actually abide by the agreement in the longer run. And I'm afraid that the persistent lack of understanding of what Russia's really after has already put us well on the path to World War III. Not because we gave Ukraine too much but because we gave it too little.
Shameful