I don't see any room for compromises between a) and b) unless...

I don't see any room for compromises between a) and b) unless NATO is dissolved. Do you moorookamick?

Regarding a powerful independent arbiter: there are none in existence and never will be in the foreseeable future as far as I can see.

So eventually the fighting will stop but nothing will be resolved, so it could start again, and again, and ......