Russia's War Against Ukraine
OP-ED
David J. Kramer: There will be no ‘win-win’ deal with Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to the speech of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at The World Diamond Conference at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Dec. 11, 2014.
The deal proposed by Michael O'Hanlon and Jeremy Shapiro in their Dec. 7 op-ed, "A win for Russia, Ukraine and the West," would not just be misguided - it would be dangerous. The premise of their argument that a "win-win-win outcome for Russia, Ukraine and the West is far smarter than zero-sum thinking" runs counter to Russian President Vladimir Putin's exclusively "zero-sum" view of the world. If we have learned anything from the Obama administration’s failed "reset" with Russia, it is that Putin unfailingly seeks to exploit the West’s futile pursuit of "win-win" deals.
