Russian T-72 tanks are seen during military drills held at a firing range amid Russia-Ukraine conflict, in the southern Krasnodar region, Russia, December 2, 2024.
I have some longer stuff coming on the Ukraine conflict, as the debate on how to end it reaches a boiling point. It's useful to summarize more briefly my view of the four big questions of this war: what each of the combatants are fighting for, why Americans should care, and what the endgame should be. All of these remain misunderstood and caricatured in too much of the debate, which too frequently descends into ad hominem attacks or spins off into domestic partisanship. As a point of personal privilege, I'll submit that my assessment of the war, its aims, and ...