#Vladimir Putin

After four years of large-scale fighting, Moscow has failed to achieve its military, political, or societal objectives in Ukraine. But even if Russia is defeated, the war won’t simply end. A deeper, harder question emerges: how do we prevent a weakened but militarized Russia from launching the next one?

The last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia is set to expire this week, potentially removing all limits on the world’s two largest nuclear arsenals for the first time since the Cold War.