JRL NEWSWATCH: “Fiona Hill: Ukraine’s Fate Now Linked to the Middle East’s” – Foreign Policy
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“The former White House Russia expert on Biden’s speech linking the two wars—and how Putin might cash in.”
“… [T]here are valid reasons to worry about … a wider conflict [] in the Middle East. … [A]s the United States expends time, money, arms, and political capital … containing that crisis, it gives actors in other arenas an opportunity to further their own ends. … How will a new conflict in the Middle East impact Putin’s … 21-month-old war in Ukraine?
The two conflicts are already linked in U.S. policy: … Biden appealed … to the American people for … support … push[ing] Congress to approve a $105 billion aid package — $61 billion … for Ukraine … $14 billion for Israel. It’s never easy to guess what Putin might be thinking … Fiona Hill … [who] served as a senior director for Europe and Russia on the U.S. National Security Council … joined FP’s Ravi Agrawal to discuss the latest on the war and the world’s efforts to constrain Putin.”