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Home / Ukraine / We’re not all Ukrainians now
Ukraine, Europe and Eurasia, Ukraine‑Russia

May 17, 2022

We’re not all Ukrainians now

By Benjamin Friedman

Insisting that the United States and its NATO allies should want exactly what Ukraine does is understandable politics—but it’s also dangerous policy.

Such insistence not only risks dragging us potentially into a nuclear war, it also risks giving Ukraine false hope and delaying a settlement. And our natural sympathy for Ukraine shouldn’t be confused for fully aligned interests.

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