A month ago, the United States and Ukraine signed a Rare Earth Minerals Deal. It’s a pact that if it passes over objections from Putin supporters in Congress, could bring an end to the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. Here’s how that would work.

Even before the ink was dry, Dr. Amit Gupta, a foreign policy expert, told my class that such a deal would likely provide peace and security for Ukraine. “Russia is not going to rain missiles down on Ukraine and risk American casualties,” he told my students, after noting that Americans would likely be moving around everywhere in the country.

John A. Tures is a professor of political science at LaGrange College in Georgia. He can be reached at jtures@lagrange.edu. His Twitter account is @JohnTures2.