Thursday, September 14, 2023

Opinion | Can Samantha Power Win the Battle for Ukraine’s Future? - The New York Times

If Ukraine can survive a Russian invasion and flourish afterward, it will be a rebuke to the idea that the free world is in terminal decline, that alliances with the United States are a bad bet, and that other nations facing similar threats — Taiwan in particular — should simply accommodate themselves to their aggressive neighbors rather than defend their freedom and independence. 

But if Ukraine falters, either in war and peace, we will face a world in which, as Thucydides put it long ago, "the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."…

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