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Ukrainian exports were already at the sufferance of Russia. Virtually all of those exports go out via the Black Sea and Russia has been able to interdict that for the entire time. And everything else you listed? Not a material threat to the US. Is the US better off in terms of great power...

It might make Ukraine safer once it is a part of NATO but it would never make the US, for example, safer. Fundamentally, US security isn't materially impacted by Russia controlling Ukraine. On the other hand, US security is impacted by either 1) fighting an active war with Russia or 2) refusing...

Whether or not Ukraine has a right to self determination is immaterial, what matters in international relations is what interests are at play and who is willing to do what to advance those interests. Russia perceives Ukraine being part of NATO, or even being western aligned with a credible...