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KENNAN CABLE - Ensuring the Future of European Security Amidst a New Cold War

19 Mar 2024

Because this is a war of attrition, whichever side The Kremlin has refocused this war as a larger manages to replace capabilities faster, adapt to contest against the West, a narrative which has the battlefield faster, and degrade the capabilities effectively mobilized continuous public support, of the other faster is the side that will have the especially given the Kremlin’s total control over ad. [...] What the United States decides to do in Ukraine The West needs to shift to a longer-term plan in this year will have substantial impact on the Ukraine to successfully attrit Russian forces. [...] The become between the West and Russia, the greater Russia of today poses an increased political and the strategic necessity arises to build military military threat to the continent as it has consolidated capabilities as a deterrent. [...] Europe should aim to will not repeat what it perceives were mistakes in be the defender of first resort for any threat to its approach to the West during the post-Cold War the continent and have the United States be its era. [...] The strongest future deterrent to any further end could cause significant strategic instability, instance of Russian aggression is for Russia to face both in the event of a favorable outcome to the a loss in Ukraine, sustained Western commitment war and in the event of an unfavorable one.13 The to Ukraine, and a militarily capable Europe.
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