The Case for a Joint Harris-Trump Declaration — on Ukraine

It is time for a bipartisan declaration of American solidarity against Putin’s aggression.

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Ukrainian servicemen patrol an area heavily damaged by Russian military strikes in Orikhiv, Zaporizhzhia Region, Ukraine, May 20, 2024.

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The conflict in Ukraine is not an international “dispute” to be resolved by negotiations. It is a war of aggression by Russia that must be decisively stopped if the world is to have a peaceful future — because tyrants from Beijing and Pyongyang to Tehran are carefully watching to see whether aggression pays benefits.

To that end, the Harris and Trump campaigns should find common ground on at least this one issue — and agree to a joint declaration putting Vladimir Putin on notice that, if he has not announced and started a complete withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine before our next president takes the oath of office on January 20, 2025, he will face far more serious consequences than he has already.

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Robert F. Turner

A veteran of two Army tours of duty in Vietnam, Robert F. Turner served as the first president of the congressionally established United States Institute of Peace during the Reagan administration and then co-taught an interdisciplinary postgraduate seminar on “New Thinking About War & Peace” at the University of Virginia for more than two decades. The opinions expressed here are personal.

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