How to Keep Postwar Ukraine Anchored in the West

Ukraine now fields one of the largest and most combat-experienced armies in Europe, has developed at scale one of the most advanced drone forces in the world, and has mobilized and trained millions of capable citizen soldiers.

For European security and the global balance of power, it is critical that Ukraine after the war does not follow Georgia’s trajectory after 2008, when domestic elites gradually recalibrated and political and economic networks drifted toward Moscow’s orbit. A comparable drift in Ukraine would undermine Western interests and destabilize regions far beyond Eastern Europe.