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- Putin’s regime is living on borrowed time—and if the West holds firm, the Russian leader’s hold on power will likely collapse in the near future, write @Kasparov63 and @mbk_center.
- “Allowing Russia to defeat Ukraine would cost the United States about seven times more than preventing a Russian victory,” writes Elaine McCusker. “Aiding Ukraine, then, is clearly the right financial decision.”
- “To be blunt: for much of the world, it appears that Washington doesn’t value the lives of Palestinian children as much as it values the lives of Israelis or Ukrainians.”
- “Whatever the price of helping Ukraine is, it’s cheaper than fixing the world if Ukraine doesn’t win.” Listen to the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” featuring a conversation with Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs @DmytroKuleba:
- The Ukrainian military will run short on weapons long before its manpower is exhausted or morale breaks, write @AVindman and @DomCruzBus. But the West has the resources to ensure that Ukraine has the supplies it needs to prevail in this fight.
- Kurt Tong, who served as U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong until July 2019, considers what Washington can do to secure Hong Kong’s autonomy—and what policies would only make the situation worse.
- .@BernieSanders calls for an end to a U.S. foreign policy oriented around terrorism and endless wars:
- .@AVindman argues that Washington should help Kyiv bring the war with Russia to a swift and decisive end—and explains how preparing to retake Crimea will create an opening for diplomatic talks with Moscow.
- Washington can and should do more to ensure a Ukrainian victory, writes @AVindman. First, it must abandon the hope for a stable relationship with Russia—and discard the desire to see Ukraine compromise for the sake of a negotiated peace.
- “Those who failed to foresee the risks of the United States’ current crisis weren’t paying enough attention to Trump’s actual words.”
- “We need to rethink the militaristic approach that has undermined the United States’ moral authority, caused allies to question our ability to lead, drained our tax coffers, and corroded our own democracy,” writes @BernieSanders.
- It is time for Ukraine’s partners to part with their halfhearted strategy of support—and pivot to an offensive approach that provides Kyiv with the weapons necessary to gain the upper hand on the battlefield, argues @n_roettgen.
- The risk that a Ukrainian victory would lead to dangerous Russian retaliation is overblown, writes @AVindman. The risks of a Russian victory are far greater—and would entail irreversible damage to the liberal order, security norms, and global stability.
