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I doubt any know what we can expect in the near term relating to Russia’s genocidal war against Ukraine and the world order established primarily by the United States to provide peace and stability.
But, as we have written recently, there are many dimensions to any outcome that will bring genuine peace and deter future Russian, Chinese, Iranian, and North Korean aggression. Russia must be defeated, those responsible must be held accountable, abducted children and adults returned, and Russian assets must be used to rebuild the unprovoked destruction visited upon Ukraine.
In that context, we return to the approximately $300 billion immobilized – “frozen” – Russian state assets. The assets have frozen for almost three years – three years!
It is time to address seriously how to use those assets for the benefit of Ukraine.
If you follow the link below, Dr. Philip Zelikow, Senior Fellow at Hoover Institution and member of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation’s Friends of Ukraine Network, takes a “A Fresh Look at the Russian Assets - A Proposal for International Resolution of Sanctioned Accounts”.
It is longer than most of the articles we share, but the issue is important, and Zelikow’s discussion deserves serious consideration.
READ THE ESSAY
ROBERT MCCONNELL
Co-Founder, U.S.-Ukraine Foundation
Director of External Affairs, Friends of Ukraine Network
The introduction and parenthetical comments are Mr. McConnell’s and does not necessarily represent the views of the U.S.-Ukraine Foundation or those of the Friends of Ukraine Network (FOUN).