“We are scholars and practitioners of national security at the University of Texas at Austin. We are alarmed that the United States may abandon the people of Ukraine, who are fighting bravely to repel an unprovoked invasion. The United States should act in its own interest by continuing to support Ukraine diplomatically, financially, and militarily.”
In the March 21, 2024 issue of The Dallas Morning News, Strauss Center Distinguished Scholars Ambassador (ret.) Larry André, Professor Joshua Busby, Clements Center for National Security Associate Director Paul Edgar, Intelligence Studies Project Senior Fellow Paul Pope, Intelligence Studies Project Director Steve Slick, and Mack Brown Chair Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs Jeremi Suri co-authored a paper urging continued United States support for Ukraine in their war effort.
“The costs of supporting Ukraine are manageable and the benefits to U.S. national security are enormous,” they write. “We are much better off stopping Putin now, before he threatens a NATO ally.”
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