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MALIBU, Calif. – As the Russia-Ukraine war wages on, we asked Professor Robert Kaufman of Pepperdine University’s School of Public Policy for his in-depth views. Kaufman specializes in American foreign policy, national security and international relations. He has written several books on these subjects.
What follows is a Q&A that has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. We strongly encourage you to watch the accompanying video so you may hear Kaufman in his own words.
Q: President Biden said he knew Russian President Vladimir Putin was long planning to attack Ukraine. Why didn’t he take action?
A: When President Biden said that he anticipated the attack on Ukraine, that is true in a sense, but not in the larger sense. When Biden took office, he expected that Russia would be, potentially, a partner for peace.
Witness his decision to resign the arms control agreement that former President Trump abrogated, an agreement that Sen. Mitt Romney rightly described as one of the worst we had ever signed, because it allowed the Russians to build while it constrained us, including the building and developing of strategic defenses.
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When people focus on Biden’s actions as they bear on the calculation of our enemies on whether to take risks, it’s necessary also to understand the link between the signals Biden sent, not only by his foreign and defense policies but by what he did at home.
This is a world in which social media has amplified the velocity and effect of actions taken in one sphere, affecting calculations across the board. Our enemies have witnessed a president unwilling to defend our own borders. Our enemies have witnessed the president and his party trivializing the eradication of law and order in American cities … Our enemies have witnessed the self-destructive impulse to sacrifice energy independence with all of the costs associated…
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