The war in Ukraine is devolving into a protracted chess game, writes Alexander Motyl

The war in Ukraine is devolving into a protracted chess game, authors say.

President Biden's adoption of a “forever war” approach in the misguided belief it will force Russia to the negotiating table.

Biden and “Old NATO’s” fear Russia losing amidst concerns of what a chaotic post-Putin Russia might look like, they say.

Biden’s national security fallacy is predicated upon the misguided conception that Putin must somehow survive, writes Jonathan Sweet, Mark Toth, Jonathan Sweet and Jonathan Toth.

If Biden persists with this “road to nowhere,” there can be only one certainty. More Ukrainian men, women and children will suffer and die, as casualties on both sides continue to amass, they say.