러시아ㆍ유라시아

Virtually all of the commentary on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has focused on those two states to the exclusion of the vital importance of this war for the neighboring regions of Belarus and the Balkans. This essay addresses the significance of the war for these areas and emphasizes that this war has great significance for Europe as a whole, not just Ukraine. It does so in the context of criticizing the Biden Administration for not providing sufficient and timely support for Ukraine because that failure negatively impacts prospects for security in the Balkans or undermines Lukashenko’s authoritarianism in Belarus.