Eliot A. Cohen
Cohen is the author of Supreme Command, Conquered Into Liberty, The Big Stick, and other works on military history and national-security policy. He created the strategic-studies program at Johns Hopkins SAIS and served as the school’s ninth dean. He has also served as the counselor of the Department of State and in other positions in the U.S. Department of Defense and the intelligence community. His next book, Rough Magic, is a study of Shakespeare’s treatment of the acquisition, use, and loss of political power.
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Aleksandr Kazakov / Kommersant / Sipa USA / … No Comment
The Biden administration undermines its cause with strategically witless statements.
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Irina Rybakova / Handout / Reuters / Redux It’s Not Enough for Ukraine to Win. Russia Has to Lose.
Anything less will encourage Russian imperialism and embolden autocrats around the world.
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Daniel Zender / The Atlantic; source: Getty The Shortest Path to Peace
Supporting and arming Ukraine, and accelerating the collapse of the Russian military, is the most realistic way to end the conflict.
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Evan Vucci / AFP / Getty Biden Just Destroyed Putin’s Last Hope
The president’s visit to Ukraine was a gut punch to the Russian leader.
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic; Getty Military History Doesn’t Say What Ukraine’s Critics Think
It is in the differences from past wars that insight into today’s battles lies.
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Christophe Gateau / Picture Alliance / Getty Western Aid to Ukraine Is Still Not Enough
Any result other than a victory for Kyiv will make the world a more dangerous place for all of us.
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The Atlantic Cut the Baloney Realism
Russia’s war on Ukraine need not end in negotiation.
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Alex Wong / Getty The Words About Ukraine That Americans Need to Hear
Wars are won by deeds—but also by persuasive moral arguments.
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AFP / Getty Putin’s Regime Faces the Fate of His Kerch Strait Bridge
The attack on the crucial link between Russia and Crimea matters less for its tactical significance and more for what it says about the course of the war.
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Gavriil Grigorov / Sputnik / AP Russia’s Nuclear Bluster Is a Sign of Panic
Yielding to Putin’s blackmail would be folly.
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Getty; U.S. Department of State; The Atlantic Putin Is Cornered
The West faces a simple choice: reduce aid to Ukraine and deliver Russia a victory, or else finish the job it has begun.
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Paramount via Everett Let’s Use Chicago Rules to Beat Russia
Why the U.S. adversary is a lot like Al Capone
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Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Getty Who Perseveres, Wins
It is up to liberal democracies to support a country that is fighting for all who share its values.
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Sergei Supinsky / AFP / Getty What Victory Will Look Like in Ukraine
There will be no return to normalcy or status quo ante.
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Diego Herrera / Xinhua / Eyevine / Redux This Is the War’s Decisive Moment
The United States and its allies can tip the balance between a costly success and a calamity.
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Aris Messinis / AFP / Getty Don’t Let Up Now
The West must do what it takes to help Ukraine prevail.
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Gleb Garanich / Reuters Why Can’t the West Admit That Ukraine Is Winning?
America has become too accustomed to thinking of its side as stymied, ineffective, or incompetent.
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Reuters America’s Hesitation Is Heartbreaking
As the leader of NATO and of the free world, the United States needs to think much bigger than it has thus far.
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Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times / Getty The Strategy That Can Defeat Putin
The U.S.-led coalition of liberal-democratic states should pursue three objectives.
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Getty; The Atlantic Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man
Why did so many observers misjudge Putin and Zelensky?
