OPINION: Russia-Ukraine conflict is driving a strategic transformation of our world order
Former Intelligence Officer Rebekah Koffler says strategy wins wars, and the U.S. should plan and prepare to fight a war with Russia.On Tuesday, one Russian SU-27 fighter jet forced down aThis was the first highly consequential military encounter of the kind that could have resulted in a direct conflict between Russia and the U.S.
All of the three parties to the war — Moscow, Kyiv and Washington — are incentivized to continue the bloodshed. Putin views the outcome of the war as existential. Russia, which has seen its buffer zone with NATO reduced to as little as 100 miles after the Baltic states joined NATO in 2004, has drawn a red line over Ukraine. Russia’s capacity and manpower outmatch Ukraine’s, enabling Putin to continue a war of attrition.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, attends the Victory Day military parade marking the 77th anniversary of the end of World War II in Moscow May 9, 2022.
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