How Biden Got Ukraine and Russia Wrong

How Biden Got Ukraine and Russia Wrong

The Biden administration made critical errors in the preceding crisis, and it is altogether uncertain if the invasion could have been prevented. But what is clear is that diplomacy, untethered from the shadow of hard power, failed.

Austin Dahmer is a senior policy analyst in national security at a government services firm, and is completing a master’s degree in security studies at Georgetown University. He is a Marine officer veteran and a U.S. Naval Academy graduate. 

Zachary Watson is completing a master’s degree in security studies at Georgetown University. He went to the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University for political science and is a Marine veteran.

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