One thing seems certain: the conflict isn’t going to end soon. But how can Ukraine win? And what is the feeling within Russia?
During the last year, questions of timing – how quickly or efficiently policy initiatives or weapons programmes would work – were often put aside under intense pressure to arm Ukraine as quickly as possible. And most states shared the common goal of enabling Ukraine to defend itself against the Russian onslaught.
Emma Ashford is a senior fellow with the Reimagining US Grand Strategy programme at the Stimson Center, Washington DC, and the author of Oil, the State and War
