A Strategy for the Fence Sitters
When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, the United States and its allies across Europe and Asia responded swiftly and with surprising unity. Within days, a U.S.-led coalition rallied to Kyiv’s side—supplying Ukraine with weaponry and intelligence, imposing sanctions and export controls on Russia, and isolating Moscow on the world stage. This endeavor has had some initial success. Bolstered by Western security assistance, the Ukrainian military pushed back the Russian advance and has forced the Kremlin to confine its ambitions to eastern Ukraine.
These separate lines of allied effort—military, economic, and diplomatic—involved concentric circles of states. A small number of advanced military powers supplied Kyiv with powerful weaponry, including antitank weapons, artillery, and drones—the bulk of which came from the United States and Europe.… Seguir leyendo »