Why Russia must fear losing the peace more than fighting the war

Published September 10, 2026 8:00am ET



First, territory: Where Moscow continues to demand land it does not fully control, and Kyiv refuses to surrender sovereign territory simply because Russia claims it.

History offers instruments for separating the immediate requirement to stop killing from the permanent legal resolution of a border.

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