The One Thing That Could Deter Putin

Authors

Matthew J. Schmidt, University of New HavenFollow

Author URLs

Dr. Schmidt's Faculty Profile

Document Type

News Article

Publication Date

2-21-2022

Subject: LCSH

Russo-Ukrainian War, 2014-, Military capital, Armed Forces--Procurement, Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022

Abstract

If there is war tomorrow or the next day, it will almost certainly be because the Russian President doesn’t think Kyiv would exact a heavy human price from Russia’s forces for an invasion. US President Joe Biden and multiple European leaders have publicly warned Putin that an invasion would be costly: Diplomatic marginalization and financial sanctions are both on the table, but neither seems to have lured Putin back from the brink of conflict. Potential military costs, in the form of Russian losses on the battlefield, remain as the only viable disincentive that could stop Putin from invading Ukraine again.

Comments

This is a commentary available from CNN.

Repository Citation

Schmidt, Matthew J., "The One Thing That Could Deter Putin" (2022). National Security Faculty Publications. 7.
https://digitalcommons.newhaven.edu/nationalsecurity-facpubs/7