NATO faces a historic opportunity to defeat the last imperial power threatening European security. A strategic victory over a revanchist Russia can be achieved even without direct military confrontation. In addition to supplying Ukraine with all the necessary weapons to reclaim its occupied territories, NATO has several options to weaken Russia’s overstretched multi-regional capabilities.
Russia’s armed forces simply do not have the domestic manpower or functional weaponry to defend its entire western and southern flanks. From the Arctic to the Caspian, a sustained diplomatic, economic, and security campaign led by Washington will severely undermine Russia’s resources, divert its attention from Ukraine, and enable Ukrainian forces to defeat Moscow’s enfeebled military.
