Fund Ukraine to counter Russia’s threat: Marc Champion urges a radical adjustment in western strategy

Marc Champion argues that the US and Europe must reassess their approach to the conflict in Ukraine. He emphasizes that the largest military engagement in Europe since 1945 requires a radical adjustment in framing the war, dismissing the notion that Ukraine's inability to secure a breakthrough in a summer counteroffensive should dictate the next steps. Champion contends that peace negotiations depend more on Russia, the invading power, and that the US and Europe intervened to help Ukraine defend itself rather than achieve victory over Russia. He underscores the importance of sustained support for Ukraine to prevent Russian expansion and maintain stability in Europe. Champion challenges the calls for immediate cease-fire negotiations, advocating for a purposeful, long-term defense strategy to weaken Russian forces and compel Putin to reconsider his cost-benefit analysis.

Fund Ukraine. The Alternative Is Loss, Not Peace: Marc Champion

By Marc Champion

Winter is coming to Ukraine, and just how brutal that will be — as Russia again ramps up its air war to strike at cities and energy infrastructure — is up to the US and Europe. Tragically, both seem to be losing the plot after a period of surprising resolve and unity, and a radical adjustment is now needed to how we frame the war.

Too many people appear to have lost sight that this is the largest military engagement Europe has seen since 1945, dwarfing even Israel's heavy-handed counter-terrorist operation in Gaza. It's a war of conquest that Russia launched in 2014, dramatically accelerated almost two years ago, and shouldn't therefore be defined by the success or failure of any one season's offensive by either side. That's important to reiterate, because so much current thinking about what to do next takes the inability of Ukraine's summer counteroffensive to secure a breakthrough as its point of departure.

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