Hard Power Still Matters

HKS Professor Stephen Walt on the Ukraine crisis and the role the international community played leading up to it.

Overview

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has upended many assumptions about the post–Cold War period in Europe; that another major war was not possible, that some combination of the European Union, NATO enlargement, and economic interdependence would usher in an era of enduring peace. HKS Professor Stephen Walt recently gave his thoughts on the crisis and the role the international community played leading up to it.