How Putin’s War in Ukraine May Backfire

How Putin’s War in Ukraine May Backfire

In the years to come, we will look at Putin’s war as a sea change that set into motion developments that he neither anticipated nor wanted, but that transformed the world order to its lasting benefit regardless.

Dr. Cheryl Benard was program director in the RAND National Security Research Division. She is the author of Veiled Courage, Inside the Afghan Women’s Resistance; Afghanistan: State and SocietyDemocracy and Islam in the Constitution of Afghanistan; and Securing Health, Lessons from Nation-building Missions. Currently, she is the Director of ARCH International, an organization that protects cultural heritage sites in crisis zones.

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