For all America’s success in helping Ukraine, hard times lie ahead
Joe Biden must hold together a fractious coalition
VLADIMIR PUTIN’S epoch-changing miscalculation over Ukraine was the outcome of a trio of mission-defining misjudgments. One was that Ukraine’s government would collapse quickly. Another was that his modernised army would be dominant. The last was that America, in irreversible decline, was no longer capable of leadership. For Ukraine to be defeated, Mr Putin had only to get one premise right.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Unfinished business”
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