Biden’s high-stakes strategy in Ukraine poses challenges at home and abroad
The US has changed its approach on the conflict, embracing a policy that could well prolong the war and perhaps risk a military confrontation with Russia.
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LEON HADAR
AS American President Joe Biden started mobilising international support in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the consensus in Washington and in other world capitals was that the main objective of the US and its allies was to defend Ukraine and its beleaguered democratic government against the aggression committed by its powerful Russian neighbour.
The hope was that employing a mix of economic pressure on the Russians, making it difficult for them to use their oil-export revenues to fund their military, and providing the Ukrainians with arms to defend themselves, would put pressure on Moscow to consider ending its aggression. That could lead to some sort of a deal between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, to end the war.
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