nonbelligerent

The issue is sensitive for the U.S. government, which has cast itself as a nonbelligerent friend to the government in Kyiv as it fights for its sovereignty and survival.

“It is rare that a nonthreatening, nonbelligerent person ends up dying like this. ... What was the officers’ justification for detaining him?

Over time, such cooperation could gradually acclimate Arab peoples to a nonbelligerent stance toward Israel.