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#7. European allies must make consistent and as rapid as possible progress toward Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.

#6. Increase investment in Ukraine’s defense industrial production — as well as their own — and leverage those partnerships to learn critical lessons from this new frontier of warfare.

#4. Set conditions that ensure a secure future for Europe, most importantly including the participation of Ukraine and Europe in peace talks.

#5. The United States should support a European-led coalition of the willing to enforce the ceasefire line with an international force.

#3. Increase sanctions on Russian financial institutions and energy sector entities, release frozen Russian assets to support Ukrainian defense and reconstruction, and enact secondary sanctions to intensify economic pressure not only on Russia but also on China, Iran, and North Korea.

#1: Get more leverage on Russia through maximum pressure.

#2. Provide immediate materiel support to Ukraine without caveats, aiming to wear down Russia’s military and thereby improve Ukraine’s negotiating position.

This important and timely initiative gets at the heard of the challenge - how to ensure that the US and Allies enter any negotiation from a position of strength.

CEPA just launched an important new initiative to develop a strategy for defending, denying, and deterring Russia’s shadow war against the Alliance.

For more insight and recommendations, I would highly recommend this readout that CEPA published in 2023.