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<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: How the West Can Win in Ukraine

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrust America back into a main role on the world stage, complicating decades-old debates about the force wielded by the U.S.

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“Sometimes, unusual and extreme events mark the separation between old and new ways of thinking and being,” our contributing writer Shadi Hamid . Russia’s war on Ukraine has already left several such marks: It has upended the about the world, the liberal order, and transformed of both Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky.

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