We should be concerned that the Biden administration is considering appointing Matthew Rojansky to lead the National Security Council’s Russia portfolio.

Rojansky, the head of the Wilson Center’s Kennan Institute, has made statements that are rather dovish toward one of our greatest adversaries. In 2017, Rojansky said that the United States expresses “Cold War style paranoia about the Russian bogeyman.” Although he admitted that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is a huge problem for the United States,” Rojansky warned that increasing tensions create “unacceptable risks.”