Putin's Closing Window on Ukraine
Play Video
President Putin may "see a closing window, politically and militarily, to take back Ukraine," says Nonresident Senior Fellow in Foreign Policy Mitchel Wallerstein with Michael Holmes on CNN.
"He's made no secret of the fact that he wants to reestablish as much as the Soviet empire as possible. And with Ukraine drifting towards the West, he may feel that he has little time left in which to accomplish this. Particularly with the US, politically in disarray at the moment, he may see this as the ideal opportunity."
Explore Related Commentary & Analysis
Defense and Security
With Operation Spiderweb, Ukraine demonstrated it has a lot of fight left. All that means is that the war is set to rage on, Paul Poast writes.
Public Opinion
"Americans place most of the blame for the Russia-Ukraine conflict on Putin rather than Zelenskyy," Dina Smeltz says, pointing to recent Council-Ipsos polling.
Global Politics
Jamil Anderlini, Ken Moriyasu, and Liz Sly join Ivo Daalder to discuss the week's top news stories.
US Foreign Policy
Ivo Daalder weighs in on President Trump's phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.