Battlefield Realities Dictate Terms of Russia-Ukraine Peace
Battlefield conditions and operational realities will decide terms of Russia-Ukraine peace settlement.
Harsh V Pant
Professor of International Relations at King’s College London and Director of Research at Observer Research Foundation (ORF), New Delhi.
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