Moynihan Institute’s Program for the Study of Global Politics welcomes Stephen Biddle from Columbia University.
How can the war in Ukraine be brought to a successful conclusio n? One camp argues that the only way is to enable military victory for Ukr aine. Another argues that only a negotiated settlement is possible\, and t hat the United States should thus pressure Ukraine to accept compromise te rms. In fact\, both camps are deeply flawed in ways that reflect incomplet e understandings of the underlying theory of war termination. This talk wi ll consider the logic and empirical record of war termination\, derive fro m this a series of consequences for the conduct of the Ukraine war\, and e xplore the implications for U.S. policy and strategy more broadly\, and fo r scholarship in international relations theory.
Stephen Biddle is professor of international and public affairs at Co lumbia University\, and adjunct senior sellow for defense policy at the Co uncil on Foreign Relations. His research focuses on U.S. defense policy\, international security\, the conduct of war\, military technology\, and th e analysis of recent combat operations. He has served on the Defense Depar tment's Defense Policy Board\, as a member of strategic assessment teams u nder Generals David Petraeus and Lloyd Austin in Iraq and Stanley McChryst al in Afghanistan\, as an expert witness for House and Senate committees o n military matters\, and on a variety of other government advisory panels and analytical teams. \;
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