SSP Wednesday Seminar with speaker Samuel Charap, senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation. The talk will be broadcast live on the MIT Security Studies Program Youtube channel. 

Abstract: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was a moment of clarity for the United States and its allies. An urgent mission was before them: to assist Ukraine as it countered Russian aggression and to punish Moscow for its transgressions. While the Western response was clear from the start, the objective—the endgame of this war—has been nebulous.