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"While defeat for Ukraine would be plenty bad, it would not have grave implications outside of Europe," Paul Poast argues.

"While Russia can’t win, it won’t lose. Instead, it will hold out until Ukraine is willing to bargain," Paul Poast writes.

"The leaked documents underscore how the war in Ukraine is truly a multilateral war, and the West a co-belligerent," Paul Poast writes.

Such accusations ignore the harm the war is doing to the US economy and the potential political peril it has created for the Biden administration, Paul Poast writes.

"Rather than paving the way forward, the summit indicated that the alliance members are only ready for more of the same," Paul Poast argues.

"Offering Ukraine something other than NATO membership would send a message to Moscow that the US is committed to Ukraine’s security—but only up to a point," Paul Poast argues.

"Though the Kremlin has long portrayed Ukraine's membership in NATO as a red line, there is no need to fear Russia's response to Kyiv's accession to the alliance," Paul Poast writes.

"In many respects, both Ukraine and Israel are offering quintessential examples of a combatant winning the battle, but losing the war," Paul Poast writes.

Paul Poast analyzes Macron's recent suggestion that Europe must "broker a settlement" to the war in Ukraine that avoids “humiliating” Russia.

Nonresident Senior Fellow Cécile Shea unpacks China’s table stakes in the Russia-Ukraine conflict and more on WBEZ’s Reset.