DEBATE: Arming Ukraine
Debunked: Why There Won’t Be Another Cold War
In the wake of the ongoing crisis in Ukraine, talk of a “New Cold War” is in vogue. Even experts who studied the Soviet Union and Russia from the depths of mutually assured destruction and détente to the fall of Communism now say that it will be decades again before “normal” relations between Russia and the West can resume…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine
Ukraine Deal Could Buy U.S. Time to Formulate Effective Russia Policy
The U.S. should make keeping Ukraine strong and independent of Russia an enduring priority…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine | NATO | Putin
Russia’s Breakout From the Post-Cold War System: The Drivers of Putin’s Course
The abrupt end of the quarter-of-a-century-long era of cooperation and partnership between Russia and the West, and the return of confrontation and hostility between them, did not come out of the blue…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine | NATO | Putin
Then and Now: Eight Lingering Questions on U.S.-Russia-Ukraine
Why do we fail to understand that threats do not work with Putin’s Russia?…
U.S. Foreign Policy | NATO | Putin | Ukraine
The West Has Failed to Find a Constructive Role for Moscow
American leadership is indispensable in Europe. Mr. Putin does not take seriously ministrations by European leaders…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine | NATO | Putin
Is There a Plausible Strategy for the Ukraine Situation?
Like it or not, we are entangled in the Ukraine situation and we need to face the implications unwelcome as they certainly are…
U.S. Foreign Policy | NATO
What the West Can and Should Do For Ukraine
The uncertain implementation of the fragile Minsk 2 cease fire agreement in eastern Ukraine has paused the debate over whether or not to arm Ukraine…
U.S. Foreign Policy
A Diplomatic Halfway House
Unless something new is done, everyone will lose…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine | NATO
No Good Options
Calls to arm Ukraine have helped to galvanize diplomatic efforts to find a solution to the crisis, and over the longer term, the Ukrainian Army will need more weapons and better training, if only to enforce any peace agreement…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine | EU | NATO
Our Best Hope So Far
The outbreak of renewed sporadic violence is not the biggest or most important looming challenge…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine
Facing a Fragile Ceasefire
If the peace deal is not honored, the administration of President Barack Obama will then be under even greater pressure to send lethal weapons to the government in Kiev…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine | Putin
West Must Either Commit to Ukraine or Back Off
Putin has for years been offering a deal in the old realpolitik tradition — let’s draw a line, you run the world on that side, and I’ll run it on this side…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine | Putin
Want to arm Kiev? Better have a Plan B
Arming Ukraine probably would prompt Putin to scale up the war…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine | Putin
When threatened, Putin will push back
Everything we know about Putin’s personality says that when he is threatened he will fight harder…
NATO | U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine | Putin
Weapons Won’t End the Conflict
What Ukraine needs more than any weapons is greater quantities of professionally trained soldiers…
U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine
Military assistance to Ukraine should be part of broader strategy
Washington should seriously contemplate military assistance as part of a broader strategy for ending the conflict in Ukraine…
U.S. Foreign Policy| Ukraine
Arms likely to spark further escalation
The U.S. ought to have a plan in place for how it will respond to another round of escalation – and a plan that does not involve a constant ratcheting up of military assistance…
U.S. Foreign Policy| Ukraine
Arms support for Ukraine should be contingent on talks
If the goal of the U.S. government is to achieve a lasting peace in eastern Ukraine, it should use its leverage to compel the Ukrainian government to agree to the partitioning of the Donbas…
U.S. Foreign Policy| Ukraine
Arms alone won’t win Ukraine
The effectiveness of that assistance will primarily depend on Kyiv’s ability to use it…
U.S. Foreign Policy| Ukraine
Endangering USA won’t stop Putin
Supplying Kiev with lethal weaponry would endanger U.S. national security interests, while having little chance of stopping Vladimir Putin…
NATO | U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine
How to Start a Proxy War with Russia
The United States has absolutely no obligations to Ukraine’s security under any type of accord or framework…
NATO | U.S. Foreign Policy | Ukraine
Appeasement is not an option
A strong signal from the U.S. government is not enough if there is no determination for a subsequent military step…