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Conrad Black: What It Will Take to End the War in Ukraine

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Conrad Black: What It Will Take to End the War in Ukraine
Emergency workers stand amidst the rubble after a Russian attack that hit a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 24, 2024. AP Photo/Andrii Marienko
Conrad Black
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Since the battle lines are barely moving, and with neither side appearing to be able to finish the war in Ukraine despite triumphalist noises, there is a natural tendency to ask why the war is continuing. The apparent reason is that the Ukrainians still expect to expel the Russians from Ukraine, including the Crimea, and Russia still purports to aspire to the complete absorption of Ukraine back into Russia, where it was for 300 years.

Conrad Black
Conrad Black
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Conrad Black has been one of Canada’s most prominent financiers for 40 years and was one of the leading newspaper publishers in the world. He’s the author of authoritative biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Richard Nixon, and, most recently, “Donald J. Trump: A President Like No Other,” which has been republished in updated form. Follow Conrad Black with Bill Bennett and Victor Davis Hanson on their podcast Scholars and Sense.