Date: 27‑11‑2022
Source: Project Syndicate
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nine months ago, the West has not only delivered nearly $100 billion in aid to Ukraine, but also imposed unprecedented economic and financial sanctions on Russia. But with Europe facing the specter of energy shortages and some US lawmakers threatening to slash support for Ukraine, fears are mounting that the West could succumb to war fatigue.
In this Big Question, we ask Shlomo Ben‑Ami, Simon Johnson, Salome Samadashvili, and Charles Tannock whether the West’s resolve is weakening and what such a development might mean.
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Shlomo Ben‑Ami, a former Israeli foreign minister, is Vice President of the Toledo International Center for Peace and the author of Prophets without Honor: The 2000 Camp David Summit and the End of the Two‑State Solution (Oxford University Press, 2022).
Simon Johnson, a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, is a professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a co‑chair of the COVID‑19 Policy Alliance. He is the co‑author (with Jonathan Gruber) of Jump‑Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream and the co‑author (with James Kwak) of 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and The Next Financial Meltdown.
Salome Samadashvili, a former head of Georgia’s Mission to the European Union, is a member of Georgia’s parliament and Political Secretary of the Lelo for Georgia party.
Charles Tannock, a former member of the European Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee, is a fellow at GLOBSEC, a think tank based in Bratislava committed to enhancing security, prosperity, and sustainability.
SHLOMO BEN‑AMI
The economic hardship Western populations are facing today is inextricably linked to the war in Ukraine. The overwhelming economic and military support these governments have provided to Ukraine in its heroic stand against the Russian invasion could be sustained only as long as the public’s compassion for Ukrainians outweighed the pain of sanctions and the fatigue that comes with a protracted, seemingly endless slog.
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