"... Western policy must stop waiting for a βpost-warβ Russia. Instead, it must build an architecture that treats Russian aggression not as a temporary state, but as a permanent condition of the regimeβs survival. We can no longer negotiate our way out of Putinβs necessity for war; we can now only outlast the system. ..."#Russia #Putin #Putinswar #Russianinvasion #RussiaUkraineWar #Russianaggression #Europe #EU https://nationalinterest.org/feature/russia-will-never-agree-to-peace-in-ukraine