Super powers in the 21st century 'often not able' to defeat smaller powers

Haxie Meyers-Belkin is pleased to welcome Peter Zamaya, Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative. His central argument is that traditional assumptions about military strength are increasingly being challenged by technological innovation, asymmetric warfare, and political resilience. In this framework, Ukraine's ability to strike deep into Russian territory and sustain resistance against a much larger adversary serves as evidence that military size alone no longer guarantees strategic success. He suggests that the conflict's ultimate resolution will depend less on battlefield maps than on political calculations in Moscow, Washington, and Kyiv, as well as on the ability of the international community to create a durable framework for Ukrainian sovereignty.