The "Why Are We in ... ?" question, Ukraine edition

Benjamin Schwarz and Christopher Layne discuss Ukraine and the events leading up to the current war in the context of nuclear deterrence. The US, especially during the Bush-Cheney Administration, shifted its nuclear configuration in significant ways. “To Russian strategists, Washington's pursuit of nuclear primacy was presumably still further evidence of America's effort to force Russia to accede to the U.S.-led global order.”

Full post: https://brucemillerca.substack.com/p/the-why-are-we-in-question-ukraine