378. Andrew A. Michta - Washington’s Failing Strategy in Ukraine Shows the Urgent Need for New Thinking.
Washington’s likely failure in Ukraine shows the US needs a new national security strategy. Andrew A. Michta is senior fellow and director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council of the United States. The views expressed here are his own: "The United States Senate’s failure to pass an aid package for Ukraine last month will likely be remembered as the first domino to fall in Russia’s war of aggression, potentially setting the stage for Russian President Vladimir Putin’s victory. And while the U.S. Congress is expected to try again in 2024, this was a clear sign that the West has grown weary of an open-ended “as-long-as-it-takes” approach. If this is to change, it’s time for a new strategy. It’s true that U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration succeeded in leading NATO toward a common response to Russia’s unprovoked invasion — and this will be remembered as a splendid manifestation of America’s strategic DNA. But what followed has muddied the waters — especially the drawn-out and overly cautious process of providing military assistance to Ukraine. Most importantly, the U.S. and its allies should have laid out a clear vision for victory. Instead, we heard from various officials that it’s either up to Ukraine to decide what the end state should be, that Putin can’t be allowed to win, or that Ukraine can’t be allowed to lose. Like the saying goes: If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there." ---------- Dr Andrew A. Michta is Director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative and Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council of the United States in Washington, DC. Previously he was Dean of the College of International and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Centre for Security Studies, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. In 2015 -16 he was Professor of National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College. Prior to that he filled many similarly prestigious roles. He is also a Member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Professor Michta has published books and articles on U.S. and European security, NATO, transatlantic relations, civil-military relations, energy security and democratization. He has special expertise in Central European politics and security. He is a frequent media contributor and government consultant. ---------- LINKS: https://twitter.com/andrewmichta https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-a-michta-39116934/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_A._Michta https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/expert/andrew-michta/ https://www.politico.eu/author/andrew-a-michta/ https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/andrew-michta-0 ---------- ARTICLES: https://www.ft.com/content/b589f3d4-4ab1-4430-b2bb-d7c607473579 https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3722921/proliferation-remains-best-deterrence-against-threats-to-us-space-access/ https://www.ifri.org/en/publications/briefings-de-lifri/tailoring-deterrence-high-north-nuclear-consequences-swedens ---------- SUPPORT THE CHANNEL: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtain https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND: kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyśl https://kharpp.com/ Save Ukraine https://www.saveukraineua.org/ Superhumans - Hospital for war traumas https://superhumans.com/en/ UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukraine https://unbroken.org.ua/ Come Back Alive https://savelife.in.ua/en/ Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchen https://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraine UNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyy https://u24.gov.ua/ Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation https://prytulafoundation.org NOR DOG Animal Rescue https://www.nor-dog.org/home/ ---------- PLATFORMS: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSilicon Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/ Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqm Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain ---------- Welcome to the Silicon Curtain podcast. Please like and subscribe if you like the content we produce. It will really help to increase the popularity of our content in YouTube s algorithm. Our material is now being made available on popular podcasting platforms as well, such as Spotify and Apple Podcasts.