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Ukraine and the Failure of Western Assumptions

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversariesalliance design, burden sharing, credibility, defense investment, Deterrence, energy sovereignty, escalation anxiety, escalation management, European dependence, forward defense, high-intensity war, industrial capacity, NATO, Nord Stream, realism, regional deterrence, Russia invasion, Russian hydrocarbons, shared risk, strategic correction, strategic preparation, U.S. leadership, Ukraine, under-resourcing, Western assumptions

Ukraine and the Failure of Western Assumptions

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Ukraine did not just resist invasion; it shattered Western assumptions. In the weeks leading up to Russia’s 2022 invasion, the dominant view across Europe and the United States was that…

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