Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. Policy

Russia, Ukraine, and U.S. Policy

Testimony by Stephen Sestanovich

April 2015

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In his testimony before the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Stephen Sestanovich argues that if Russian President Vladimir Putin emerges victorious in his conflict with Ukraine, Russian nationalist mood deepens, or the democracies of Europe and the United States fail to stay the course, Putin will grow more dangerous in the future—both for his neighbors and for the United States.

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