Also, in the last 48 hours, there appears to be some positive signs toward peace, such as narrowing negotiation demands from Russia and Ukraine.
Russia has narrowed its demands to focus on Ukrainian “neutrality” and the status of its Russian-occupied regions, and declared on Wednesday that Russia was not seeking to “overthrow” Ukraine’s government. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Tuesday suggested he was open to revising Ukraine’s constitutionally enshrined aspiration to join NATO, and even to a compromise over the status of Ukrainian territory now controlled by Russia.
However, peace may be a long time away. It seems like one path to reduce violence would be to avoid escalation or use of extreme weapons or tactics.
There are some EAs involved in policy in NATO countries. Maybe if they judge it worthwhile, they can explore actions to encourage conditions conducive to peace, even if the effects take several weeks to realize.
The current Russian forces seem to be performing poorly, and are now hampered by new Ukrainian attacks.
At the same time, many thousands of anti-Russia fighters and weapons are being readied in western Ukraine.
This suggests a difficult conflict for Russia, if Russia continues to use the currently deployed forces and the same level of weapons.
There is a recent report that Russia may be creating a pretext for higher levels of violence.
Also, in the last 48 hours, there appears to be some positive signs toward peace, such as narrowing negotiation demands from Russia and Ukraine.
However, peace may be a long time away. It seems like one path to reduce violence would be to avoid escalation or use of extreme weapons or tactics.
There are some EAs involved in policy in NATO countries. Maybe if they judge it worthwhile, they can explore actions to encourage conditions conducive to peace, even if the effects take several weeks to realize.