Source: Responsible Statecraft
by Mark Episkopos
“The Biden administration’s Ukraine policy, though it lacks a coherent strategy, is at least centered on an explicit guiding principle: Russia must not be allowed to win in Ukraine. This sentiment is widely shared by U.S. allies across the Atlantic. ‘I have a clear strategic objective,’ said French President Emmanuel Macron in a recent interview. ‘Russia cannot win in Ukraine.’ But, even in this consensus position, there is a major fly in the ointment: there has not been enough serious consideration of what a Russian victory in Ukraine would look like. The discussion has, instead, centered on alarmist predictions that obfuscate more than they reveal about Russian intentions and capabilities.” (05/07/24)