Clearly, #Ukraine is holding cards’ — political economist on why US pressure won’t force Kyiv to concede

A combination of rapid state expansion, prudent monetary policy, active civil society in Ukraine, and crucial external funding from foreign partners since 2022 have helped #Kyiv avoid the kind of catastrophic state collapse a war can trigger.

As a result, Ukraine is far from “doomed to defeat” — even if the U.S. under President Donald Trump pulls out of the peace process as it has recently signaled it could, says Dr. Luke Cooper,

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‘Clearly, Ukraine is holding cards’ — political economist on why US pressure won’t force Kyiv to concede

If Ukraine’s military resistance to Russia’s full-scale invasion stunned the world, its economic resilience in the face of a larger, better-equipped enemy is a lesser-known story of the war.

^{The Kyiv Independent}