How to Defuse the Ukraine Crisis

Published: Jan. 11, 2022, 5 p.m.





Quincy Institute Senior Fellow Anatol Lieven discusses the origins of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Russia's strategic perspective, the mistakes of NATO enlargement, and why the Biden administration has options to defuse tensions but is not pursuing them. Post-withdrawal Afghanistan policy and strategic competition with China are also covered. 


  1. Anatol Lieven bio
  2. Anatol Lieven, \u201cRussia Is Right on the Middle East,\u201d Foreign Policy, November 30, 2021.
  3. Anatol Lieven, \u201cUkrainian Neutrality: A \u2018Golden Bridge\u2019 Out of the Current Geopolitical Trap,\u201d Responsible Statecraft, January 3, 2022.




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