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  • Denying Russia’s Only Strategy for Success

    03/30/2024 3:58:42 AM PDT · by Chad C. Mulligan · 99 replies
    ISW ^ | March 27, 2024 | By Nataliya Bugayova and Frederick W. Kagan
    Russia cannot defeat Ukraine or the West - and will likely lose - if the West mobilizes its resources to resist the Kremlin. The West’s existing and latent capability dwarfs that of Russia. The combined gross domestic product (GDP) of NATO countries, non-NATO European Union states, and our Asian allies is over $63 trillion.[1] The Russian GDP is on the close order of $1.9 trillion.[2] Iran and North Korea add little in terms of materiel support. China is enabling Russia, but it is not mobilized on behalf of Russia and is unlikely to do so.[3] If we lean in and...