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Shift burdens to Europe and avoid U.S. security guarantees

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become a grinding war of attrition resulting in hundreds of thousands of casualties. As the war continues and losses mount, Russia’s material advantages make a Ukrainian military victory less likely, while the risk of escalation into a direct conflict between NATO and Russia remains.

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UKRAINE-RUSSIA EXPERTS

Benjamin
Friedman

Policy Director

Defense Priorities

Jennifer
Kavanagh

Senior Fellow & Director of Military Analysis

Defense Priorities

Gavin
Wilde

Former Non-Resident Fellow

Defense Priorities

Gil
Barndollar

Non-Resident Fellow

Defense Priorities

Daniel
DePetris

Fellow

Defense Priorities

Christopher
McCallion

Fellow

Defense Priorities

Q&AUS‑Israel‑Iran, Middle East, Ukraine‑Russia

Washington’s foreign policy scramble to lower fuel prices

By Rosemary Kelanic

October 30, 2026

With fuel costs reaching historic highs, Washington is pulling every foreign policy lever it can find to lower energy prices. […]

Op-edEurope and Eurasia, Ukraine‑Russia

Ukraine’s ‘shoot the archer’ strategy is far from a silver bullet

By Jennifer Kavanagh

October 28, 2026

Op-edEurope and Eurasia, Ukraine‑Russia

Washington’s inconsistency hampers Ukraine-Russia peace efforts

By Erik Gartzke

October 27, 2026

Symposia: Lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

As the one-year mark of the Ukraine-Russia war approaches, Moscow has failed in many of its objectives. Ukraine has effectively blunted several major Russian advances and reclaimed large swaths of its territory from invading forces. Though the war continues, and seems far from over, there are already many key takeaways from the fighting—and the conflict’s causes and implications remain hotly contested.

Defense Priorities (DEFP) organized this symposium to stimulate thinking about the most important lessons learned from this ongoing war. Top experts, writing from a range of perspectives, share their insights in an effort to inform and improve U.S. policy.