The impeachment drama is now over, but one of its key foreign policy subplots is not going away. Underlying the competing claims about how damaging U.S. President Donald Trump’s actions toward Ukraine really were been a deeper debate about how much that country truly matters to the U.S. The answer is that Ukraine does matter, because it is at the center of several core issues of geopolitical competition. But the sound bites to which the foreign policy community sometimes resorts in explaining the country’s importance don’t do justice to the nuance of the issues — and they may actually undermine the case for supporting Ukraine.
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Hal Brands: Yes, Ukraine matters to the US
Protesters carry signs outside the Capitol in Washington, DC, on Feb. 5, 2020, after the US Senate acquitted the US president in his impeachment trial.
