Good article, thanks. Sad to see that the author appears to have faced some career roadblocks. https://www.cato.org/commentary/could-ukraine-war-become-mother-all-frozen-conflicts# Both the level of optimism and the extent of NATO’s aid has noticeably increased since the surprising success of Ukraine’s autumn military offensives in both northeastern and southern Ukraine that regained control of significant swaths of territory from Russian occupation forces. Former general and CIA Director David Petraeus epitomizes that attitude, saying that Russia can’t win and that there is “nothing (Putin) can do” to stop Ukraine from winning.
