How to End the Ukraine War on Ukraine's Terms

As Machiavelli wisely advised, to deter an evil invader, a prince needs to be doubly evil in return. Putin's regime change war of choice in Ukraine has only one correct ending: Russia's total defeat.

At the fateful 2008 Bucharest Summit, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization stated in its closing declaration that Georgia and Ukraine “will become members of NATO.” For the next fourteen years, the global alliance failed to militarily back up that promise, leaving Ukraine vulnerable to Russian intrusion––stoking Putin’s ire even as it opened his eyes…