Ending Russia’s Attacks Requires European Compellence

There are legitimate reasons to doubt that Europe has the political capacity for a compellence campaign and the reforms necessary to execute it. But if there was ever a time for Europe to prove its doubters wrong, it is now. Compellence and deterrence are both functions of capability and will. Successful European compellence against Russia’s “hybrid war” would strengthen European deterrence against conventional war. The opposite is also true. The opportunity could not be more urgent. The stakes could not be higher. The post Ending Russia’s Attacks Requires European Compellence appeared first o